A cabinet card from Blandora, Iowa, layered over a letter to "Dear Sister Arta" dated December 8, 1930. A die-cut silhouette holds the found text "the space she made" — while a column of names on the right edge reads like a roll call of the missing. Mixed media collage. One of a kind.
He sits alone in the portrait. She has been cut free — repositioned, standing just behind her own silhouette, which now carries the familiar found text: the space she made. The background is a letter addressed to "Dear Sister Arta," postmarked Alta, Wyoming, December 8, 1930. Along the right margin, a typed column of names — Carol, Kitty, Cornelius, Harry, Uncle Jac, Rita — reads like a family census, or a list of people someone was trying to keep track of. A red postage stamp anchors the lower right. The studio imprint reads Corydon Photo, Blandora, Iowa.
Every layer arrived separately. Together they insist on something.
Part of an ongoing series exploring the same found text across different Victorian source material. Each piece stands on its own.
Dimensional mixed media collage. Found cabinet card (Corydon Photo, Blandora, Iowa), handwritten correspondence, typed ephemera, die-cut silhouette, found text, vintage postage stamp. Resin finish.
6” x 9” x 3”
A cabinet card from Blandora, Iowa, layered over a letter to "Dear Sister Arta" dated December 8, 1930. A die-cut silhouette holds the found text "the space she made" — while a column of names on the right edge reads like a roll call of the missing. Mixed media collage. One of a kind.
He sits alone in the portrait. She has been cut free — repositioned, standing just behind her own silhouette, which now carries the familiar found text: the space she made. The background is a letter addressed to "Dear Sister Arta," postmarked Alta, Wyoming, December 8, 1930. Along the right margin, a typed column of names — Carol, Kitty, Cornelius, Harry, Uncle Jac, Rita — reads like a family census, or a list of people someone was trying to keep track of. A red postage stamp anchors the lower right. The studio imprint reads Corydon Photo, Blandora, Iowa.
Every layer arrived separately. Together they insist on something.
Part of an ongoing series exploring the same found text across different Victorian source material. Each piece stands on its own.
Dimensional mixed media collage. Found cabinet card (Corydon Photo, Blandora, Iowa), handwritten correspondence, typed ephemera, die-cut silhouette, found text, vintage postage stamp. Resin finish.
6” x 9” x 3”
