“Common Songs, (August)”
“Common Songs (August)” Materials: Hollyhock, coreopsis, scabiosa, safflower, bachelor’s button and Hopi black dye sunflowers imprinted on silk and linen. The flowers were steam or hammer printed in the shape of bird calls recorded at the site of their harvest. Dimensions: approx 4’ x 6’“
The Dose Makes the Poison” Materials: Common buckthorn bark dye on silk. Dimensions: 11’ x 4’“Seed Saving” “Seed Saving” Materials: Hand picked invasive common buckthorn berries & thread. Dimensions: 2’ x 2’ Detail of “Seed Saving”“Go Touch Grass.” Materials: Turf Grass, incidental insects, soil, wire.“Go Touch Grass.” Materials: Turf Grass, incidental insects, soil, wire.“Go Touch Grass.” Materials: Turf Grass, incidental insects, soil, wire.“Go Touch Grass.” Materials: Turf Grass, incidental insects, soil, wire.“Rug” Materials: Turf Grasses, incidental insects, soil. Dimensions: approx. 3’ x 5’“Rug” Materials: Turf Grasses, incidental insects, soil. Dimensions: approx. 3’ x 5’“Rug” Materials: Turf Grasses, incidental insects, soil. Dimensions: approx. 3’ x 5’ “GRASS is the color of GREEN.” Materials: Ink* on paper. “How To Preserve What Cannot Be Preserved” Materials: Dead plants, natural lake pigments, dirt, charcoal.“How To Preserve What Cannot Be Preserved” Materials: Dead plants, natural lake pigments, dirt, charcoal.Common buckthorn berries on paper. “Capillary Action” Materials: Buckthorn bark dye on silk. Dimensions: 4’ x 3’. “Precipitate II” Materials: Scabiosa and Queen Anne’s Lace lake pigements on plexiglass. Dimensions: 2’ x 2’.“Precipitate I (detail)” Materials: Coreopsis and marigold lake pigments on plexiglass. Dimensions: 2’ x 2’.