tyvek film, permanent and botanical inks, cardboard, seam piping, gesso, acrylic paint, glue, lucite stand, artist-dyed and stained linen, thread, rope, historically accurate baggage tag
52” x 30” x 25” (dimensions variable)
©2023 Susan Zimmerman
photo: Sibila Savage
Inspired by historical Ellis Island photos, this piece is intended to capture the ghostlike images of immigrants from the previous century.
Materials: thread, linen, natural dyes, cardboard, acrylic paint, screws, rope
50” x 84” x 36” (variable)
©2021 Susan Zimmerman
photo: Sibila Savage
Ellis Island inspection cards from the early 1900s printed on vellum and attached to tea-stained, hand-sewn paper garments with hand-constructed baggage
92” x 70” x 24”
©2021 Susan Zimmerman
photo: Sibila Savage
historically accurate steamship tickets circa early 1900s printed on vellum, stained with tea, hand-sewn with thread, and embellished with charcoal drawing
49” x 39” x 2”
©2020 Susan Zimmerman
photo: Sibila Savage
Inspired by Dorothea Lange’s and Hung Liu’s portraits of the Mochida family young daughters.
Materials: thread, buttons, paper cloth, corrugated cardboard, old manila folders, hole reinforcements, string
60” x 36” x 24” (variable)
©2022 Susan Zimmerman
photo: Sibila Savage