TAMUCC artist & veteran turns burned military uniforms into art highlighting burn pit exposure

TAMUCC artist & veteran turns burned military uniforms into art highlighting burn pit exposure

In a quiet ceramics studio on the campus of Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi, a powerful blend of art, memory, and military history is taking shape.Ian Manseau, a 14-year U.S. Air Force veteran and Master of Fine Arts candidate, is transforming burned military uniforms into striking ceramic vases as part of his ongoing art series, Residue. The pieces, which at first glance resemble abstract sculptural vessels, carry soot, carbon and symbolic w…