Stitched Deaths: Faraday/Jensen

(d. Dec. 20, 1968)

Placed in the snack counter at Deerfield Park, Smithfield RI.

The two high school students were on their first date when they were shot to death on a dirt turnaround outside Vallejo, CA, Lake Herman Rd.

The quote is from a note inscribed by Jensen on the back of a wallet-sized school portrait.

Things My 3 Year Old Says: Cameo Pins

These pins were made as a multi-step process:
1. Continuously compile phrases from my daughter
2. Stitch texts on 8.5 x 11 sheet of crinoline
3. Scan, shrink, and raster with a laser cutter
4. Cut cherry wood frames and felt backings
5. Glue the layers together
6. Pin and card

Finished Cameo Pin Size: 2.25" x 1.75"

You can find them for purchase at Craftland on Westminster St. in Providence.

 

Of course, this one is the favorite.

Many thanks to Sparrow for her wisdom in saying things...
and much credit to Jess for her laser cutter, technical skill, and urge to make things.

Stitched Deaths: Darby Crash

(d. Dec. 7, 1980)

Placed in Spike's Hot Dogs, Cranston, RI

Quote is Crash's suicide note.

Stitched Deaths: Natalie Wood

(d. Nov. 29, 1981)

Placed on a sculpture of a mother dancing on waves with her children
Narragansett Beach, Narragansett, RI

Quote by Natalie Wood, herself.

Stitched Deaths: Lee Harvey Oswald

(d. Nov. 24, 1963)

Placed in the Avon Cinema, Providence, RI
Third row from the back, fifth seat in (Oswald was arrested in this seat at the Texas Theatre)

Quote is from his diaries.

(A shot in the dark is hard to come by. I'm lucky to have gotten any photographs at all. The usher asked, "Is that yours?," seeing the pillow sitting in the seat. I said yes and proceeded to the exit quickly, after she turned her back.)

Stitched Deaths: John F. Kennedy

(d. Nov. 22, 1963)

Placed on the front steps of the State House, Providence, RI
On Nov. 22, 2013

Quote from the JFK American University Speech, June 10, 1963

Stitched Deaths: DJ Screw

(d. Nov. 16, 2000)

Placed among the cough syrup bottles in Rite Aid, Branch Ave. Providence, RI

Lyric from the Lil Wayne track, "Rich as Fuck"

Stitched Deaths: Laika

(d. Nov. 3, 1957)

Placed in a pile of dog chew toys at Petco in Cranston, RI

Quote from Oleg Gazenko, the Soviet scientist responsible for Laika's trip