Stacy takes in the view.

I think children enjoyed the corn dress most of all, standing in line to climb up it over and over all day.

Beverly flying high.

Ray waves to passing trucks.

After enjoying one week of visitors, "Corn Dress" met a fiery end in a bonfire attended by the local volunteers who helped to create it.

ILLINOIS: "Red Dress"

This is the very first "dress" sculpture, created back in 1999. It is made out of 28 red dresses purchased at thrift stores in Chicago. I had been using these red dresses as materials / props for my performance and installation work, and this huge dress represents the culmination of the series. Illinois is my home state, I and have been shopping at Chicago thrift store since my teen-aged years, so this first dress piece was very personal.

"Red Dress"

"Red Dress"

"Red Dress" photos by Eduardo De Soignie