because you're safe
Installation view at ‘All Shook Up’ Exhibition, June 10 - July 23, 2023, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
because you're safe
Medium: Digital thermal print scans printed on velvet, cotton thread, vinyl, batting. Handsewn.
Title Origin: A distorted transcription of an interview my paternal grandmother, Carol, gave during an interview she gave on the day of my wedding.
Image Origins: Film photographs from my paternal grandmother’s first wedding; my grandmother’s reflection in the dressing room mirror; her hand clasped in the hand of her new husband’s, my grandfather Normand Blanchette; cellphone photo of my hand.
Size: 35” x 33” x1”
Year: 2023
because you’re safe - Thermal Collage, 2023
