Viewed through a contemporary lens, the history of paper flower making intersects with the urgent discourse of environmental justice and the systemic marginalization of bodies through land use. The strategic placement of WWII incarceration camps on “useless” land, often Native American reservations, prefigures the modern operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Present-day detention centers are frequently sited in “sacrifice zones,” ones adjacent to industrial polluters or ecologically hazardous spaces, where the environment itself serves as an extension of state discipline.
Create the stem by wrapping the tape down the length of the wire, adding the leaf during the process.
