courtesy of frederick banting
Materials: Broken picture frame Cardboard box Insulin vials Thread Stick Ribbon Gold leafing Hand formed fine silver Paint Newspaper
4 years, 4 vials. From right to left:
Silver needlish spikes for what violation of the skin, veins, and body that diabetes brings. A wedding ring around the neck of the bottle for the tether we all wear to this illness.
Gold leafing in a dirty bottle for the way chronic illness can sometimes show us a beauty that other people won't get to know.
A polaroid transfer of trees, a ribbon, and wood for everyday life.
A red thread for blood.
Thanks, Frederick Banting, for the last four years of my life.
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Comment by Travis Grubbs on August 16, 2007 at 6:22pm - I like it.
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