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February 12, 2025 In

Ode to Oak 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I brought fallen branches into the studio that had lichen or other interesting patterns or growth on them (see Garden Constellate, Installations). I removed the leaf portions leaving them sorted in piles according to colours. During the last week I strung them together, making a 2.5 m column that I suspended from a leftover length of fishing line. After scouting the fields of the estate, a few days before leaving I brought it outside, hanging it from a large oak tree near the living pods. It gently touched the ground so as not to be completely blown away resulting in a gentle dance between solid tree and land.

February 10, 2025 In

Rose of Sharon 2022

Marking time by blossoms
It seems a waste that these glorious blooms only last a few days before they drop
so one day I decided to collect the fallen Rose of Sharon blooms from the four trees
in our back garden and arrange them -no plan, just a scrap piece of plywood and a
covered space on the back deck. This is what came to be over the next week, along
with a few other smaller arrangements not pictured here. In progress shots below.

And details. . .

 

 

 

 

And then as they began to dry out. . .