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Trapped Signal is a needle felted wool wall artwork from my Broken Heart series. It depicts a once-pristine rural landscape disrupted by the presence of a cell tower. Hanging from the structure is a red broken heart, unable to escape.
When my family moved to rural Indiana, it was a deliberate step away from industrial environments and the corporate destruction of nature. Within a year of our arrival, a large cell tower was erected in a nearby cornfield, followed by an energy transformer. We tried to escape technology, but it followed.
This piece reflects the quiet grief of land altered without consent, and the emotional toll of progress imposed on places meant to breathe. Though made of wool, the work speaks to the fragile tether between humanity and the natural world.
Materials
Natural wool
Hand-dyed merino wool
Hand-felted wool cords
Fiber bindings
Dimensions
8 inches x 8 inches x 1 inch
Made in 2025
Symbolism
Cell tower - technological dominance and invisible reach
Broken red heart - land wounded and restrained
Ties and bindings - lack of consent and imposed permanence
Layered landscape colors - memory of what once existed
Soft wool construction - the earth as living, responsive, and vulnerable
