"Handle With Care" This cradleboard scuplture was created by the artist as part of an installation "Strong Medicine: Commemorating Our Children." We must honor and save children!
"Remember Sadako and All Children" The artist and friend Fumi Matoba creates 1000 cranes in the Japanese tradition to honor children of war as Sadako Sasaki, age 12, inspired the children of Japan and the world to work for peace by her brave attempt to fold 1000 paper cranes before she died of radiation poisoning from the bombing of Hiroshima. A statue of Sadako was commissioned by her classmates and is located in Hiroshima Peace Park. It is usually covered with paper cranes. This artist cropped her image into a narrow prayer tail to attach to temple bells or trees for Sadako, children and peace.
"Rethink" "Nuclear Energy" by Henry Moore was commissioned by the University of Chicago and is located at hte University of Chicago campus. It commemorates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction, which took place at the university in 1942. The artist collaged the chain and lock onto the image of the Moore sculpture to make a point to rethink the energy used for nuclear arms. The artist acknowledges the value of nuclear energy; eg, medicine - NOT NUCLEAR ARMS.
These cards and statements arrived from artist Rosalie Friis-Ross of Los Angeles, CA. Thank you so much!
