1″ x 2″, found objects
In this strange time of Coronavirus preparedness, we’re being encouraged to gather enough food for two weeks of quarantine. As I looked through my cabinets to check on our stores of dry goods and calculate how long they would last, I thought about the way that many Indian women wear gold jewelry as a way to own something of value that doesn’t belong to their husband and to keep it close and protected while also appreciating its beauty. Here’s a current-crisis interpretation of wearing what’s valuable to us, made of beans, rice, quinoa and corn.
