MM
Impressions
I and II
MM
Impressions I is one of the first
installations that I did. In 1999, I made 2000 impressions of my
thumbprint in
clay that reflect my identity. The number 2000 became important to me
to commemorate that I was alive to witness the changing of the
millennium. The physical impression of my thumbprint in clay seemed to
make my existence and
identity at that point in history permanent. Each one of my thumbprints
then became part of the larger impression of my identity that you see
in the first installation done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
In 2006, I was an artist in residence at Phoenix Country Day High
School and given the opportunity to participate in the faculty
exhibition. Six years after the first installation and over 2000 miles
from the first, I reinstalled MM
Impressions II, using the original thumbprints.
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Click picture for
close up view
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MM Impressions I,
2000
Stoneware, sand, soot
72x60x5"
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MM Impressions I
angle view
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MM Impressions I
detail
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MM Impressions II
2006
Stoneware, sand, soot
72x60x5"
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MM Impressions II
angle view
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MM Impressions II
detail
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MM Impressions II
detail
individual impression approx 1x1x.5"
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MM Impressions
2000
alternate installation
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MM Impressions
2000
detail of alternate installation
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