Nihilist With A Dream
2003
Case: cast ballistic gelatin, sulfur, diatomaceous Earth, cold cast zinc, copper, brass, nickel and steel, leather, alligator skin, rust, pigments, violin resin, velvet, water extendable resin
Violin and fife: cast and carved dehydrated bone calcium, de-carbonized bone dust from every bone in the body, bone charcoal, bone oil, collagen, ground ivory, antler velvet, dirt from various battlefields, melted shrapnel and bullet lead, Civil War era rosewood folding camp chair, music stand
42” x 32” x 16”