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    Bodies of Time   2022, Wearable Sculpture   Multi-layered, floor length tunic dress of muslin with cyanotype prints of 4 female figures from 1900-2022.  
 




















  
  



       
2022-Wearable Cora Downey 2022-Wearable Cora Downey

Bodies of Time

2022, Wearable Sculpture.

Multi-layered, floor length tunic dress of muslin with cyanotype prints of 4 female figures from 1900-2022.

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2023-Wearables Cora Downey 2023-Wearables Cora Downey

From Me to You and Generations Beyond

Wearable sculpture, 2022.

Women’s rain trench coat made of clear vinyl textile created with found slide film embedded within.

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                       9 Years - In
2023-Installation Cora Downey 2023-Installation Cora Downey

9 Years.

2023, Fabric Installation.

35mm, 120, and 4x5 film negatives (2015-2023) exposed onto muslin fabric strips with cyanotype chemical and pieced together with sewing thread.

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2023-Installation Cora Downey 2023-Installation Cora Downey

Sun Dancers

2023, Installation.

6 figurative sculptures made of white plaster and wood staked in the grass lawn in front of the Art and Anthropology Building at UC Berkeley. Each sculpture is approximately 5’x3’.

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2022-Wearable Cora Downey 2022-Wearable Cora Downey

Hug Me

2022, Wearable Sculpture.

Reconstructed garment using my significant other’s dress shirt and black sewing thread.

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2022-Wearable Cora Downey 2022-Wearable Cora Downey

Young Women

2022, Wearable Sculpture.

Floor length tunic dress of muslin with cyanotype prints of 60 female body portraits.

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2020-Wearable Cora Downey 2020-Wearable Cora Downey

Dollar Dress

2022, Wearable Sculpture

Halter top and mini skirt set of muslin with patch sewn cyanotype prints of dollar bill graphics.

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2023-Installation Cora Downey 2023-Installation Cora Downey

Mind & Memories

2023, Installation.

35mm mixed B&W and Color film negatives strung together delicately with metal rings and suspended from a metal armature.

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