Tapestry

Tapestry
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Encaustic mixed-media collage on old book cover: photo transfer, antique pages, buddha leaf, ephemera
9 1/2" x 7" x 1" (w/frame)
2018

Why is the Buddha Leaf considered sacred? It comes from an ancestor of the Bodhi Tree, beneath which Prince Siddhartha sat and was awakened into eternal stillness.

Photo from durational installation Red Thread : Back-to-back with the tree between–she and I–we passed the spindle hand-to-hand and so bound ourselves to it, in hope that we too, would find awakening.