IN PROGRESS.... 

             ....and just finished       

                            Tsunami

After the recent tsunami in Japan, I used my collection of Japanese fabrics to suggest an aerial view of the disaster. In Japan, most purchases are carefully wrapped.

In this piece, each section is also carefully wrapped - except the blackened, flooded sections, which have been ripped open, representing the losses incurred. The tan border is an old sake bag.

The ceramic bits (visible in the detail photo below) were dug out of the sand at low tide at the Miajama Gate

                   Hurricane New Orleans

After the tsunami piece, I decided to create a series. The design of this piece is based on a map of the Chalmette section of New Orleans

     In both pieces, there are some actual keys embedded under the cloth. Other sections have discharged images of keys and locks

This is the inside of the small stone shop in Kurishiki, Japan, where I purchased most of the fabrics used in Tsunami.