No One Has A Monopoly Over Sorrow,
2005

11” x 10” x 9”

Media:

Men’s wedding ring finger bones coated in melted bullet lead from various American wars; men’s wedding bands excavated from American battlefields; wax-dipped preserved bridal bouquets of roses and white calla lilies from various eras; male hair flowers braided by a Civil War widow; fragments from a mourning dress; cold cast brass, bronze, zinc, and silver; melted shrapnel, dried chrysanthemums, rust, mahogany, glass

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