Jen Haefeli, "Burn: The Cinders of Greed & Power"

Jen Haefeli Burn: The Cinders of Greed & Power, 2024 38in x 18in x 8in Mixed Media: cardboard, chord, fabric, buttons, ribbon, pins, media, drawings, ink, watercolor, thread $795 -- http://www.WildRootCreations.com -- Young New York City garment worker Clara Lemlich Shavelson was a formidable young woman who led a historic uprising of 20,000 workers in protest after the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire. Like suspended moments in time, and unfinished work of the laborers taken abruptly mid-workday, a line of burned shirtwaists dangle from the building in embers, crossing her body as they fall.