Kimono 2 evokes shape and sensibility of a kimono. The colors are primarily white with a dramatic blue central column of color. The piece is made in 3 sections that are sewn onto a wrapped bamboo stick with waxed linen thread. The feathers are made from recycled plastic, hand screen-printed with images of endangered birds and overprinted with text in endangered languages such as Yiddish, Shorthand, numerous indigenous languages and excerpts of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
Medium: hand screen-printing on recycled plastic, sewing, wrapping, waxed linen and wire thread, oilstick, bamboo Size: 59 X 39 X 2″ Date: 2023