A Color God Never Made
2004
Cast and carved de-carbonized bone dust, bone calcium, military issued glass eyes for wounded soldiers coated with ground trinitite (glass produced during the first atomic test explosion, when heat from blast melted surrounding sand), fragments of a soldier’s personal mirror salvaged from a battlefield, soldiers’ uniform material and thread from various wars, melted bullet lead and shrapnel from various wars, fragment of a soldier’s letter home, woven human hair of a war widow, bittersweet leaves, soldier-made clay marbles, battlefield dirt, cast bronze teeth, dried rosebuds, porcupine quill, excavated dog tags, rust, velvet, walnut
51” x 48” x 21”