In 1958, she developed her own particular innovation on the historical direct lost - wax method of casting bronze sculpture. (michaelrosenfeldart.com)
Through her labor - intensive studio practice, Reis has produced series such as Vertical Garden — «a contemporary re-imagining of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, in the form of an absurdist modernist skyscraper festooned with greenery» — and Geodesics — «a tribute to the spirit of investigation into the frontiers of science and engineering, in particular the innovations of Buckminster Fuller, a futurist and early advocate of sustainability.» (magazine.art21.org)
For example, the run - up of the dollar in the mid-1980s was not associated with any particular innovation. (newyorkfed.org)