A topographic felt of the transition zone between forest and tundra. With climate change, forests are encroaching at a faster rate on tundra and into vegetation higher up mountains with negative consequences for animals, the environment and humans. Framed 30”x36”x4”. Wool, Kozo paper and silk imagery from my photo of bark.
Handmade wool, Kozo paper and silk felt. Treeline movement in the next decade. 16x16” framed on 6mm birch panel with acrylic panel bolted on with Chicago bolts.
Handmade wool, Kozo paper and silk felt. Treeline movement by 2040. 16x16” framed on 6mm birch panel with acrylic panel bolted on with Chicago bolts.
Handmade wool, Kozo paper and silk felt. Treeline movement by 2050. 16x16” framed on 6mm birch panel with acrylic panel bolted on with Chicago bolts.
Repurposed felt squares wet felted. Wool & silk. Topographic felt framed 12”x12”x2” acrylic front panel on birch.
How do we balance environmental cohesion and thriving with relentless expansion of human occupation?
Repurposed felt squares wet felted. Wool & silk. Topographic felt framed 12”x12”x2” acrylic front panel on birch.
How do we balance environmental cohesion and thriving with relentless expansion of human occupation?
Repurposed felt squares wet felted. Wool & silk. Topographic felt framed 12”x12”x2” acrylic front panel on birch.
How do we balance environmental cohesion and thriving with relentless expansion of human occupation?
Repurposed felt squares wet felted. Wool & silk. Topographic felt framed 12”x12”x2” acrylic front panel on birch.
How do we balance environmental cohesion and thriving with relentless expansion of human occupation?
24x36” on wood panel. Handmade wool, silk, and paper felt. Inspired by research on the anticipated rise of sea level and research on the increasing instability of wetlands around the Great Lakes due to climate change/mismanagement. Wool, Kozo paper, silk imagery of decaying logs and my research field notes.
Handmade wool, paper and silk felt. Hand molded terrain Trees battle logging, developers, politicians, climate change….they will persevere. Framed 30”x36”
Given time and more predictable environmental pressures, lichens will come back and play their vital role as early colonizers.
Mounted on cloth covered panel. 18”x36” hangs either way - vertical or horizontal
Topographic felt celebrating the contributions of lichens to healthy ecosystems and their ability to warn about pollutants. My photos of lichen on tree bark printed on silk overlay the hills. 42x36 on canvas. Wool, Kozo paper, silk.
30x24” on wood panel. Handmade wool, silk, and paper felt. Inspired by research on the persistent scars left by the logging industry 30 years on.
Handmade wool, paper and silk felt. My own imagery of plant materials is nuno felted as terrain. Inspired by logging’s persistent impact on environment. 24x24”
Hills barren of black ash due to the munchings of the Emerald Ash Borer larvae. They make the patterns that look like cursive writing shown in behind the felt and on the hills. 24”x24” on panel
Mounted on a silk print of a photo I took of the markings left on tree trunks by the Emerald Ash Borer larvae. By 2050 would we have solved this problem or are the EAB still lurking somewhere?
20”x20” framed
Exhibition piece: View from Here 2020. Handmade wool, silk and paper felt topographic map. Its 2050 after severe climate change. Hand molded using my mum's thimble and souvenir spoon collections to create bumps, hills and ridges. Parched landscape, habitats fragmented or destroyed. Humans turned away. Nature starting its recovery.
Framed on birch panel with acrylic overlay. 20”x20”
Handmade wool, paper and silk felt. A prairie landscape where large herds once grazed. Should they return? Sewn on canvas covered with a vintage damask tablecloth. 30”Hx24”W
Felted wool, paper and silk images of my own work. Plants thrive on the edge. 14x14” on birch panel with raised acrylic overlay panel not shown.
Felted wool, paper and silk images of my own work. Plants thrive on the edge. 12x12” on birch panel with raised acrylic overlay panel not shown.
Felted wool, paper and silk images of my own work. Plants thrive on the edge. 12x12” on birch panel with raised acrylic overlay panel not shown.
Leaves in response to climate change; genetic chaos. Felted wool, paper and silk images of my own work, inked graphics. On birch panel 30x15”
Leaves in response to climate change; genetic chaos. Felted wool, paper and silk images of my bark photos. On custom birch panel 27x14”. Leaves still green, big orange hairs. A mimic of birch bark. What would the geneticists say?
Leaves in response to climate change; genetic chaos. Felted wool, paper and silk images of my own work, inked graphics. On custom birch panel 23x10”