Monday, March 22, 2010

Memento Mori and Loren Schwerd






Remember we are dying.

Basing her fiber sculptures on the mourning jewelry of the Victorian era and earlier Loren Schwerd uses human and synthetic hair scavenged from a flooded New Orleans beauty shop to recreate the skeletons of the homes in the area.

1 comment:

  1. that is some powerful stuff. My favorite is the man casually posing with his baby. His baby is so long gone.

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