Telegrams Of Loss b/w War Pigeon With A Message (A Burden Nourished By Time)
2006
Excavated shrapnel and bullet lead from various wars melted and coated onto holly tree, homemade paper (pulp made from telegrams of loss sent from overseas), battlefield dirt from various wars, homemade marigold wedding wine, hair flowers braided by a war widow, fragments of soldiers’ military uniforms and blanket wool from various wars, ribbon, lace, silk, willow, walnut
b/w
War Pigeon With A Message (A Burden Nourished By Time)
WWII carrier pigeon message capsules filled with hair lockets made of a stretched and curled audio tape recording of Walt Whitman reciting “America,” ground resurrection plant, battlefield soil, military surgical suture thread
62” x 26” x 26”