WHERE DO YOU KEEP YOURS?
Do you live in one of the 300 million plus households that has a gun? If you do, where do you keep yours? Under the bed? In the closet? On the back seat of the car? In your pocket? In a securely locked safe box?
Day in, day out, kids are killed or injured because adult gun owners leave their weapons, maybe even just for a few minutes, in places where kids find them.
“…I was just looking for candy in grandma’s pocketbook…”
“…we found it in our best friend’s cookie jar…”
I have chosen to look at this issue from the viewpoint of a kid around 4 years old, depicting the shocking reality of what can tragically happen when kids find guns. Most often it is friends or siblings who are the victims of these unintentional shootings, destroying not only the life of the child who is killed or injured, but that of the shooter too. If you know someone who is way too casual with their gun, will you say something? And if you are a gun owner, tell me… where is yours right now?
Day in, day out, kids are killed or injured because adult gun owners leave their weapons, maybe even just for a few minutes, in places where kids find them.
“…I was just looking for candy in grandma’s pocketbook…”
“…we found it in our best friend’s cookie jar…”
I have chosen to look at this issue from the viewpoint of a kid around 4 years old, depicting the shocking reality of what can tragically happen when kids find guns. Most often it is friends or siblings who are the victims of these unintentional shootings, destroying not only the life of the child who is killed or injured, but that of the shooter too. If you know someone who is way too casual with their gun, will you say something? And if you are a gun owner, tell me… where is yours right now?
TITLE: Where Do You Keep Yours?
YEAR: 2017
DIMENSIONS: 40.5" x 50.5" | 103cm x 128cm
MEDIUM: Textile / soft sculpture
MATERIALS
Cotton fabric, dye, thread, cotton batting
EXHIBITED AT
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, California, USA
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
STATUS
Available
Price
$4,000 USD
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
YEAR: 2017
DIMENSIONS: 40.5" x 50.5" | 103cm x 128cm
MEDIUM: Textile / soft sculpture
MATERIALS
Cotton fabric, dye, thread, cotton batting
EXHIBITED AT
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles, San Jose, California, USA
New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA
STATUS
Available
Price
$4,000 USD
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY