From the Halladay studio in Great Bend, Kansas — she has left the frame. Her die-cut figure rises above the portrait while her silhouette, filled with handwritten correspondence, holds the found text "the space she Made." Mixed media collage. One of a kind.
The Halladay studio in Great Bend, Kansas produced this cabinet card — a man standing alone in the frame, composed and still. She is no longer beside him. Her die-cut figure has been lifted to the upper left, hovering above the photograph's border, looking back in. Where she stood, a silhouette filled with layered handwritten cursive now carries the found text: the space she Made. Fragments of the letter surface through the translucent form — ever sharp, had a pr of glo, in shirts — domestic details that refuse to disappear entirely.
This is continuing work in a series exploring the same found text across different Victorian source material. The phrase arrived once and kept finding new homes.
Dimensional mixed media collage. Found cabinet card (Halladay, Great Bend, Kansas), die-cut portrait figure, handwritten correspondence, found text strip. Resin finish.
5” x 7” x 3”
From the Halladay studio in Great Bend, Kansas — she has left the frame. Her die-cut figure rises above the portrait while her silhouette, filled with handwritten correspondence, holds the found text "the space she Made." Mixed media collage. One of a kind.
The Halladay studio in Great Bend, Kansas produced this cabinet card — a man standing alone in the frame, composed and still. She is no longer beside him. Her die-cut figure has been lifted to the upper left, hovering above the photograph's border, looking back in. Where she stood, a silhouette filled with layered handwritten cursive now carries the found text: the space she Made. Fragments of the letter surface through the translucent form — ever sharp, had a pr of glo, in shirts — domestic details that refuse to disappear entirely.
This is continuing work in a series exploring the same found text across different Victorian source material. The phrase arrived once and kept finding new homes.
Dimensional mixed media collage. Found cabinet card (Halladay, Great Bend, Kansas), die-cut portrait figure, handwritten correspondence, found text strip. Resin finish.
5” x 7” x 3”
