• Cost of War
• Paper Doll
• New Work
• Old Work
The Real Cost of War Series
This series was undertaken after an experience I had on an airplane
with a recent high school graduate from Texas on his way to Fort Knox
and a stint in the US. Army. He seemed so naive to me with a false
sense of bravado about himself for marching off to fight a war that he
had little understanding of. He inspired me to think about all of the
naive young men that have gone before him and what a real loss their
deaths have been to their families and friends. I am attracted to high
school portraits and have used old year books from my family to create
these tributes to the sacrifices these young men and women have made in
our senseless commitment to war.
All of these pieces are constructed of silk dupioni. The portraits for
the first three are machine appliquéd and embroidered. Portraits on
the fourth piece are scanned images printed onto silk. The yo yos
which create frames for each portrait and the structure for the piece
are hand made.
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