Tomato, 2009, 2.5 x 6 x 3.5, tomato vines, pom poms, glass eyes, beeswax.	Blue Eyes, 2009, 6 x 5 x 2″, found pipe case, glass eyes, beeswax
Whorls, detail, 2005-2009, dimensions variable, ribbon, beeswax	Queer Bird, detail, installation dimensions variable, vintage bowties, glass eyes, wood, beeswax

Bonante’s work begins with a found object. By locating the marks of the objects prior owners, and then by adding her own mark, she transforms these mundane items into sculpture that evoke a deep and common memory. She is interested in how these things from our daily lives, when altered, can speak to us in such a different voice; and, It is these exchanges of memory and voice that she tries to preserve by capturing them in wax. Bonante graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts.