1907 Anna Jarvis, started the crusade to found a memorial day for women.

The United States celebrates Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. In the United States, Mother's Day was loosely inspired by the British day and was imported by social activist Julia Ward Howe after the American Civil War. However, it was intended as a call to unite women against war. In 1870, she wrote the Mother's Day Proclamation as a call for peace and disarmament. Howe failed in her attempt to get formal recognition of a Mother's Day for Peace. Her idea was influenced by Ann Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker who, starting in 1858, had attempted to improve sanitation through what she called Mothers' Work Days. She organized women throughout the Civil War to work for better sanitary conditions for both sides, and in 1868 she began work to reconcile Union and Confederate neighbors.

from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother's_Day

1991 I designed this modern symbol to show the tenderness and responsibility which should be extended from man to woman. When superimposed on this ancient painting of the Madonna and Child found recently, the fit was astonishing. Perhaps an indication that the older family values are more valid than ever - even in our modern times?

1996 After my initial design was executed as a Silver Necklace, and there was such favorable response to the concept, Evelyn urged me to use this idea in a larger format.

The challenge: How to metamorphose a single-lined 2-dimensional drawing to a 3D sculpture?

, cutting along the given line with a small 1/10” chisel - more than 8,000 hammer strokes - installing and fixing the two metal pieces on two transparent, bronze colored acrylic sheets which are mounted in to two layers. The upper acrylic sheet is lightly arced to give more volume effect to the viewer.

2004 photo taken at Dublin Terrace main entrance. Left and right of the "family" the sculptures "MothersBlessing".

WOMAN MOTHER DESIGN & SCULPTURE