Katherine Shaughnessy

KATHERINE SHAUGHNESSY

| Bridges |

Una Ofrenda en Memoria de los Ninos: Jakelin, Felipe, Carlos
(An Offering in Memory of the Children: Jakelin, Felipe, Carlos)
burnt matchsticks, arylic paint, phosphorescent paint, copper wire
Webster's Woods Sculpture Park, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center
Port Angeles, Washington, 2019

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Alone or together, each stick is burned.
Then bathed in gold and phosphorescent paints.
Now a thousand tiny votives bound together.
Not a fence, but a bridge --- three bridges.
Burning on, holding vigil, staying awake, breathing.

Bridge 3
dried grass & wool thread
Camel's Back Park, Boise, Idaho, Nov. 10, 2017

Bridge 2
pine needles & wool thread
McCall, Idaho, Oct. 12, 2017

Bridge 1
sticks & wool thread
Boise, Idaho, Mar. 21, 2017