I
am exploring new ways of representing violence in an attempt to comment
on the absurdity of war. This work was inspired by the tradition of
elaborately decorating weapons, and the dichotomy between these richly
decorated, beautiful objects, and the violence, bloodshed, and
devastation which they can inflict. The decorative, frilly papers were
chosen for the tension they create by their incongruity with the events
and objects depicted.