Given his reliance on the synthetic and man-made (a favorite place for scavenging materials is the Town of Rochester dump), Victor’s deep connection to nature is not immediately obvious.

‘I like taking that memory, which gets veiled by time or my own psyche, and then go into my studio and see what comes out.’

Opening Saturday, December 8: The show includes 90 antique irons. Their flat bottoms have been collaged with pages from More’s book, variously scorched, cut, woven and layered with textiles, thread, lace, fur, tacks and sandpaper. “It’s very inspiring to see how dedicated these women were in their convictions. They had very strong voices, despite all the obstacles of their times.”

“People would say, ‘Why do you have five portraits by Eugene Speicher?’ Little did they know I had 20!”