Semophore Me
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Drypoint etching, chine collé, gauze
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18 inches x 30 inches
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2022
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Chine-collé, found imagery, gauze
This piece draws from a Nigerian postage stamp, depicting a Boy Scout engaged in semaphore flag signaling—a language of movement and symbols used for communication across distances. Layered with chine-collé and gauze, the work evokes both historical context and an ethereal sense of transmission, as if the message is dissolving into the sky. The delicate textures and soft, atmospheric hues suggest the fragility of communication, the passage of time, and the way meaning can be carried by wind and memory.