A Soul Waits For A Body That Never Arrives,
2004

17 1/2″ x 21″ x 21″

Media:

Chair: Cast and carved bone dust from every bone in the body; stained and sealed with homemade balm (almond oil, beeswax, honeysuckle, resurrection plant, life everlasting, motherwort, mistletoe, sundew, lady’s mantle, eternal flower, life root, immortal root); zinc, nickel, silver, water extendable resin, and polyurethane


Sewing materials, tools, and rug: Thread and fragments from soldiers’ uniforms from various wars; wool from combat casualty blankets; melted bullet lead and shrapnel from various wars; carved bone, silk, cotton, zinc, nickel, silver, resin, and 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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