Salvaged specialty paper, sheet music & titanium slag on aluminum-leafed masonite panels on fiberboard. This work won publication by the Univ. of New Hampshire's Institute on Disabilities annual calendar in 2011.
Salvaged paper, slag titanium & watchparts on upcycled aluminum signage mounted to reclaimed wooden silk screen frame.
Salvaged paper, titanium slag, vintage indonesian currency & pressed leaf on upcycled wooden shelving.
Reclaimed slag titanium, specialty paper & watchparts on upcycled aluminum signage.
Early infection with high fever caused me a period of deafness when I was @ 3 yrs old. Hearing eventually returned after an emergency bilateral myringiotomy (piercing both ear drums to stop them from bursting & scarring) without anesthetic. Trauma is held in the body until it has egress. I saw the same 7" long needles used on me in a history exhibit at the Colorado School for the Deaf & Blind. "EyeSong" is a narrative piece showing the arc of return to Deafness after 40 years as a hearing, multilingual person.
Butterflies are a cherished symbol for the Deaf who use American Sign Language (ASL), because butterflies are Deaf; their 'ears' are on their wings to sense vibration. I live astride the Hearing/Deaf cultural divide.
Scrap upcycled test glass (with permission of Bullseye Glass Factory's furnace-builders) on reclaimed plywood.