Figure measures approx. 2.5" x 2" x 1" Silenced The recent proposed bill in the Florida Senate was colloquially named the "don't say gay" bill as it would ban all discussion and education of LGBT topics in elementary schools. Children have their voices taken away from them, unable to express what they are feeling for fear of being reported to unsupportive parents or bullied by ignorant peers. The base of the sculpture is in the shape of Florida, and the figure sits atop it in a void without handholds; no support. The child is upset for trying to discover who they are, only to be hushed, and sheds a singular tear. Figure measures approx. 3.5" x 3" x 1.25" CEOs in Our Seas Corporate America is made up of power hungry individuals who would rather see the oceans burn in oil spills than take a decline in business. In a turn of events, a business man has found himself choked around the neck with a plastic bottle, courtesy of the pollution his co...
In the Head Digital Photograph "Most people have about 100,000 hair follicles on their head, and lose between fifty and a hundred hairs a day through normal combing, brushing, or fussing" (Ackerman).* A common icon of frustration is pulling one's hair out. Even seeing someone else pull at their hair instills the same feeling within us. We empathize with the negative emotions present in the moment. Perhaps we want to get something off our chests but have no safe space to do so, or it is the only way our emotions can manifest without great damage to ourselves or others. It is often that problems exist only in our minds, in our heads, that we get too upset to hold it in any longer. With so many nerves connecting the hair follicles to our scalp, it is understandable that any movement, tug, or brush will be felt extremely sensitively. Under Pressure Digital Photograph "A hand moves with a complex precision that’s irreplaceable, feels with a delicate intuition that’s inde...
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