Saturday, May 5, 2012

Last Three Pieces for Eastern State

"Mother"
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"Sister"
"Daughter" 
These represent the "Weeping Chorus" of those left behind to mourn the chaos when someone is incarcerated. I tried to refer to the aspects of the windows in Cellblock 9--where each cell has a prisoner and an ornamental window. In these windows the ornamental design has moved into the space with the figure. Why women? Well mainly because most prisoners are men. I wanted to avoid the romantic relationship, hence mother, sister and daughter but the sister seems to have snuck into that territory on her own! Thes windows are in Cellblock 14.
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10 comments:

  1. LoriMay 5, 2012 at 4:51 PM

    These are so fantabulous!! Truely truely!! you are amazing!

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  2. JarMay 5, 2012 at 9:33 PM

    Stunningly profound and beautiful!

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  3. Judith SchaechterMay 6, 2012 at 2:02 AM

    thanks so much!! :)

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  4. bluebirdMay 12, 2012 at 5:46 PM

    I love your work!

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  5. Edwina LMay 30, 2012 at 6:10 AM

    I really love that sculptural crispness on Sister's face, cheekbone especially.
    Do you ever use resists when you sandblast, or are you just(!) a wizard with the blaster?

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  6. Judith SchaechterMay 31, 2012 at 1:42 AM

    Edwina--
    it is mostly done with a diamond file. The sandblaster just can't get that kind of finesse as you point out!!!

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  7. Edwina LMay 31, 2012 at 2:57 AM

    Well a diamond file certainly sounds like a good time!

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  8. auto glass guruJune 6, 2012 at 7:29 AM

    It somehow connects the concept and the meaning of the images.

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  9. UnknownJune 23, 2012 at 7:53 PM

    I certainly will attempt to make it to the upcoming group walk with you a few weeks from now!! Thanks for getting that into your date book!

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  10. jerseys cheapNovember 7, 2012 at 7:53 PM

    I really like this sculpture crispness in younger sister's face, zygomatic especially.
    Do you ever use a resistance when you sand, or you just (!) A guide to the recorder?

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