From my 9/11 memorial series - both supportive & critical of our complicated nation. Designed to evoke mixed emotions, both sympathetic and critical of our superpower and that immediately-recognizable symbol of all of those “human freedoms” we hold so dear. Experimentation with release on the bronze (w/the 2 materials in the oven, together, for the duration of the program) and template-shape for desired effect. Final shape of the fused plate was, interestingly, more hourglass than rectangular.