Dirty Bombs (series)



Teddyburr
to:       children of Iraq
From:  Uncle Sam







medium:  Burrs (the sticky seedpods of the burdock weed) over grapevine and wire armature 

12" x 12" x 12"


           photography by Jim Coon





I enlisted the symbol of Teddy to describe yearning for peace and security



The children of Iraq (and Bosnia and Kosovo) include also those children born to the soldiers who have been handling chemical and radioactive toxins-agents so powerful as to mutate human DNA.