2019. Accordion book with wool cover.
Cover, wool embroidered with cotton threads; interior, linen sewn with cotton threads. Open, 5 x 24 inches; closed, 5 x 4 inches. Clamshell box measures 5 1/2” by 2” by 7”.
“The New Colossus,” written by Emma Lazarus in 1883, is a poem of welcome to newcomers looking for safety and a home. People have migrated forever, to a different town, city, or country, with the hope for a new or better life. This poem gives voice to the universal need for shelter and security, whether metaphoric or real.