2017 Halstead Challenge Copper, red brass, sterling silver, glass, photo, silk, dried flowers; cast, granulated, etched, and fabricated 3.5 x 3.75 x 0.25 inches Photographed by artist; Inspiration photo by Milton Aaron NFS Last year, I received a letter from my mother’s first cousin, Teri.  She and my mother were very close.  Teri had discovered a small collection of old family photos when cleaning out a drawer.  As I opened the card she sent, spilling forth were 4 pictures of a familiar face. I didn’t even read Teri’s note; I knew the little girl in the photos with that “Gerber Baby” face was my own mother, Jane. There she was: that perfectly round face, coming down the stairs of my grandparents’ porch wearing a white cotton dress. Another photo shows her in the backyard on the swing set.  A third has her emerging from the garden wearing only a cloth diaper. Lastly, there is a picture of my grandparents standing together with their two daughters -- my mother Jane in Grandpa Miltie’s...

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