A pair of porcelain lamps featured in "Saved: Objects of the Dead." Scroll through to see more images from the book.
A pair of porcelain lamps featured in "Saved: Objects of the Dead." Scroll through to see more images from the book.
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"She was trying to preserve it but was also wearing and washing it," artist Jody Servon said of an interviewee who had kept her father's old boy scout shirt.
"She was trying to preserve it but was also wearing and washing it," artist Jody Servon said of an interviewee who had kept her father's old boy scout shirt.
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An amputee's prosthetic leg, kept by his daughter. "Now that Daddy's gone, she's thought of turning his leg into a lamp," reads Delaney-Ullman's accompanying prose, all of which was based on interviews with the items' owners.
An amputee's prosthetic leg, kept by his daughter. "Now that Daddy's gone, she's thought of turning his leg into a lamp," reads Delaney-Ullman's accompanying prose, all of which was based on interviews with the items' owners.
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"He never spoke of the forks his son found in the Bavarian apartment, though he loved to talk," Delaney-Ullman writes in the book. "Now they're not nearly as shiny."
"He never spoke of the forks his son found in the Bavarian apartment, though he loved to talk," Delaney-Ullman writes in the book. "Now they're not nearly as shiny."
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This metal colander is among the everyday items that Servon's interviewees selected for the project.
This metal colander is among the everyday items that Servon's interviewees selected for the project.
Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com
"It's not an especially good scraper," reads this entry, before adding of its erstwhile owner: "His garage workshop held a trove of tools — with them, his grandson thought, you could fix most anything."
"It's not an especially good scraper," reads this entry, before adding of its erstwhile owner: "His garage workshop held a trove of tools — with them, his grandson thought, you could fix most anything."
Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com
This item tells the story of a woman, Elaine, who sewed and sold star-shaped gifts prior to her murder.
This item tells the story of a woman, Elaine, who sewed and sold star-shaped gifts prior to her murder.
Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com
A woman's high-school diploma, kept by her daughter after her death.
A woman's high-school diploma, kept by her daughter after her death.
Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com
A religious garment, known as a scapular, kept by the offspring of a devout catholic woman. The book entry reads: "Mom became obsessed with Mary sightings; drove the family to see Nancy Fowler, the visionary of Conyers, GA, where the Virgin Mary sometimes appears in a farmhouse or sometimes as a sign in the sun."
A religious garment, known as a scapular, kept by the offspring of a devout catholic woman. The book entry reads: "Mom became obsessed with Mary sightings; drove the family to see Nancy Fowler, the visionary of Conyers, GA, where the Virgin Mary sometimes appears in a farmhouse or sometimes as a sign in the sun."
Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com
"Saved: Objects of the Dead," published by Artsuite (Wilson, NC), is available now.
"Saved: Objects of the Dead," published by Artsuite (Wilson, NC), is available now.
Jody Servon and Lorene Delany-Ullman/savedobjectsofthedead.com