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BIOREGIONAL ART
This
work is heavily influenced by the philosophies of Deep Ecology and
Bioregionalism. It is also influenced by my Catholic upbringing;
specifically, the tradition of collecting and displaying relics (sacred
artifacts and remnants). I walk almost every day and come home with a
pocket full of "relics" which I use in my work.
Because the work is
so much about place, I use topographical maps (both paper and metal) and
objects found in the areas defined by those maps. The metal maps are
created using a
photo-etching process and coated with lacquer to protect the
surface. The paper maps are stained with dyes I make from native
plants. The dyed paper is then coated with four or more layers of
acrylic medium or wax, as protection from sun and dirt. Found objects
are coated with acrylic as well.
The first pieces
were created while I was an Artist-in-Residence at Sitka Center for Art
and Ecology, on the Oregon Coast. For more about how this work was
created, visit the
Sitka Project page.
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SITKA |
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22" x 30" x 2 1/2"
Found objects collected for 28 days, paper, wood, brass.
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CROWLEY CREEK |
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7" x 42 1/2" x 2 1/2",
Found objects collected for 4 weeks, paper, wood, brass.
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SALMON RIVER (BONE COUNTRY) |
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57" x 7 1/4" x 2"
Found objects collected for 28 days, paper, wood, brass.
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SALMON RIVER (BONE COUNTRY) |
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(Detail) |
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I refer to these 3 box pieces as
"reliquaries"…. a word that simply means "container for a relic". This
work was inspired by the Aboriginal greeting "From what water do you
come? Where is your bone country?" Each box contains a vial of water
and a bone.
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PACIFIC COAST RELIQUARY - Closed
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1999
5 1/2" x 4" 2 1/4" (closed)
Photo-etched copper, wood, paper, bone from beach, vial of ocean water.
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PACIFIC COAST RELIQUARY - Open
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1999
5 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 1 3/4" (open)
Photo-etched copper, wood, paper, bone from beach, vial of ocean water. |
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CROWLEY CREEK RELIQUARY - Closed
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1999
5 1/2" x 4" 2 1/4" (closed)
Photo-etched brass, wood, paper, bone from creekside, vial of creek water.
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CROWLEY CREEK RELIQUARY - Open
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1999
5 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 1 3/4" (open)
Photo-etched brass, wood, paper, bone from creekside, vial of creek water.
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SALMON RIVER RELIQUARY - Closed |
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1999
5 1/2" x 4" 2 1/4"(closed)
Photo-etched copper, wood, paper, bone from riverside, vial of river water.
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SALMON RIVER RELIQUARY - Open
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1999
5 1/2" x 8 1/2" x 1 3/4" (open)
Photo-etched copper, wood, paper, bone from riverside, vial of river water. |
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