About the Piece: Give Me Your Tired

Give Me Your Tired

 

24” circle x 7”, 2019, Mixed Medium

Pigment Print on Handmade paper, Braided strips of naturally dyed (indigo, osage, madder, walnut, cochineal, and alkanet) plant fibers - Abaca, Banana, Flax, Hemp, Cotton, Iris, Cattail, Water Lily, symbolic objects with Emily Lazarus poem written on handmade walnut dyed paper, American flag handmade paper with white, red, and blue torn Tibetan prayer flag, black coral from hurricane damaged shores, thistle pod, feathers- guinea, duck, & turkey; shells, and conch egg case.