Living With Death As Something Intimate And Natural b/w The Artillery Of Heaven
2005
Oak tree twig carved from dissolved audio tape recording of the heartbeat of an unborn child and the last heartbeats of a loved one, dried flowers picked on foreign battlefields sent home by foot soldiers from various wars, thread and fabric from military uniforms from various wars, veteran’s old mason jar, mourning handkerchief, mourning dress fabric and thread, pigments, water extendable resin, willow, glass
The Artillery of Heaven
Casts of excavated fired bullets and spent shell casings from various wars made with ground fulgurites (glass produced by lightning strikes when heat from blast melts surrounding sand), battlefield sand and soil from various wars, rust
62” x 16” x 16” with pedestal