Carolyn Wirth’s sculpture of Emily Dickinson sits upon reproductions of Dickinson’s poems, a mixture of clay, wood, paper, wax and found objects. Wirth blended her own photo with the only confirmed one of the poet and used the resulting composite facial features for the face of her sculpture. The clay sculpture is covered with wax which was embedded with bits of flowers and leaves that had been collected from the grounds of Dickinson’s house.

Artist: Carolyn Wirth
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