Description
Boiling Point is one of a series of pieces I’ve constructed using pages from the ACLU Pocket Constitution to push people to consider how our legal system, and by extension our criminal justice system, is applied to black and brown citizens. The catalyst for this specific piece was the shooting, subsequent protests, and acquittal of a Pittsburgh police officer in the killing of 17 year-old Antwon Rose in 2018. Since then, despite public outcry, police brutality continues unabated with the recent murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, two more in a growing number of victims.
Materials: ACLU pocket version of US Constitution, chiyogami paper, hand-painted paste paper, embroidery floss, Arches text base layer
Technique: Pieced, pierced and hand-stitched tea kettle, with appliquéd hands, hollow-formed and detachable lid, (8” x 8” x 7”, 2019)