Sail light prototype--(reed spline, mulberry paper, LED pendant light, view from below)
Materials detail: sculpted spline & found stick
Top view detail/bulb fixture of Sail light prototype.
Gesso & sumi ink on Stonehenge paper. Arabic text "Hu" , loosely "essence". 22.5" x 30". View of flat work, no illumination.
"Hu" illuminated. LED pendant. 22.5" H.
"Hu", backlit & full.
Sumi ink & gesso on Stonehenge. LED pendant 22.5" H. English text rendered with Chinese brush.
"To My Lovers", unlit. Title from Judy Grahn's long poem, "A Woman Is Talking To Death." View of flat work.
"To My Lovers", side detail.
Seed-light prototype--frame (reed spline, twine & glue).
Seed light-- (mulberry treated shell; standard LED pendant)
Seed light detail
Sheep parchment. Figure only visible backlit. 4" x 6". Arabic reads "bismillah al rahman al rahim"--in the name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate"
Illuminated Manuscripts-- various scripts & corresponding papers. Pendant LED.
Carved oil pasted & charcoal on Stonehenge. 22.5"H. Arabic text.
View when unlit/flat.
Detail of "counterpoisons" --a site specific, 19' cut paper & light installation commissioned by Orange County Arts Council for the Art Affair Gala.
"counterpoisons" installation included a 9' community snake skin. Made of coils of glued paper glued in patches & later assembled at full length.
Detail of "counterpoison" installation elements. Along with communal skin, there were ouroboros snakes (22" across each-- made of cut paper, iridescent acrylic & sumi ink).
detail of patches ready to be compiled
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detail of skins & other elements
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