Sculpting through a wax palette:

• A plaster impression is taken of each survivor/artist's hand.
• A positive wax image of the hand is placed on a l0 x l0 x 3/4 inch wax quilt square palette.
• In workshops, under the guidance of Dr. Irving, survivor/artists write or sculpt whatever images they desire in the wax palettes.

  Some of the squares are filled with detailed imagery.
  Others have simple but poignant forms.
  Quilt squares may have a lot of writing, no writing or just a couple of words.

• Molds are made of the original wax quilt squares.
• A casting wax version of the quilt square is reshaped to fit the contours of the "Reaching Out" monument figure which will eventually become bronze.
• A cast paper version of the quilt square with a bronze patina is given to the collaborating survivor/artist.

Through recasting into six panel cast paper replicas the sculpted quilt squares can become the art works for a national traveling art and educational exhibition.