For my BFA senior thesis at the University at Buffalo in 2006 I made 16 cancer cell lamps which were made of handmade paper, wax, and silk screened images. The lamps were on display at the Buffalo Central Terminal in a dark staircase - allowing the lamps to illuminate. The lamps are memorial lamps to victims of cancer - people living with cancer, survivors, or those who have died. Cancer is such a taboo word in our society and it touches every family in some way. I wanted to visually represent it in a non threatening way. Through my research I learned there are so many causes of cancer: obesity, sunlight, heredity, smoking, and the list goes on...There's never one cause. The lamps can also act like voodoo lamps having them close to you as a way to ward off cancer. $70 each plus shipping
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