Diary Of A Resurrectionist
2003
Antique daguerreotype of man with Rieger’s Syndrome (malformed iris which prevents light from entering pupil to retina), ground trinitite (glass produced during the first atomic test explosion, circa 1945 from Trinity test site, when heat from blast melted surrounding sand), dehydrated and de-carbonized bone dust from every bone in the body, black amber, mortician’s powder, nickel, iron, collodial silver, rust, velvet, homemade paper (pulp made from cotton, military sheet music, crushed chrysanthemums, amino acids and bone dust from every bone in the body), Civil War era inkwell, Civil War soldier’s personal mirror, American porcupine quill, walnut, glass
70” x 20” x 20”