"Life Jackets" by Suzanne DeCuir

$5,000.00
  • Size: 72 x 72 in

  • Medium: silk, cotton, Cheerios, wire, found objects, paper

  • Price: $5,000 for all or $350 each

  •  In 1998, a very bundled-up baby was thrust into our arms in a tiny hotel room in Chengdu.  After the Chinese adoption contingent left, we started to unbundle her because she seemed too warm.  Garment after garment came off until we reached the last one...a beautiful, humbly make and somewhat fragile jacket.  Someone had really worked on this to make it usable, repairing it my hand over and over again.  We brought it home with us.  I couldn't help but think of all the kids who remained in China, maybe working in factories or fields, about fate, and randomness.  I made 100 jackets in all, in varying degrees of disrepair.”

  • Size: 72 x 72 in

  • Medium: silk, cotton, Cheerios, wire, found objects, paper

  • Price: $5,000 for all or $350 each

  •  In 1998, a very bundled-up baby was thrust into our arms in a tiny hotel room in Chengdu.  After the Chinese adoption contingent left, we started to unbundle her because she seemed too warm.  Garment after garment came off until we reached the last one...a beautiful, humbly make and somewhat fragile jacket.  Someone had really worked on this to make it usable, repairing it my hand over and over again.  We brought it home with us.  I couldn't help but think of all the kids who remained in China, maybe working in factories or fields, about fate, and randomness.  I made 100 jackets in all, in varying degrees of disrepair.”