A Color God Never Made,
2004

51” x 48” x 21”

Media:

Cast and carved de-carbonized bone dust; military-issued glass eyes for wounded soldiers coated with ground trinitite (glass produced during the first atomic test explosion, when heat from the 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; hair woven by a war widow; soldier-made clay marbles; excavated dog tags, battlefield dirt, cast bronze teeth, bittersweet leaves, dried rosebuds, porcupine quill, rust, velvet, walnut

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About the Work:

Earliest waveform recordings of blood flowing from the heart and in the brain during sleep, dreaming, and various emotional states (1874-96).3-D printed in brass-plated stainless steel; lacquered maple, 22k gold leaf; video, waveform audio processing by Patrick Feaster

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