MATERIAL MEDITATIONS

‘MATERIAL MEDITATIONS’ FORM THE ROOT OF MY ARTISTIC PRACTICE — AN APPROACH GROUNDED IN SENSORY ATTUNEMENT AND HAPTIC ENGAGEMENT WITH SPECIES IN-SITU.

(CONTINUED BELOW)

EXPERIMENTAL AND EXPLORATORY IN NATURE, THIS PRACTICE FOLLOWS A REFLECTIVE PROCESS THAT RESPONDS TO THE EVOLVING NATURE OF MATTER IN HAND, ALLOWING EMERGENT FORMS AND DESIGN CONCEPTS TO SURFACE ORGANICALLY.

seagrass (Washington, U.S.)

horsetail reed and moss (Oregon, U.S.)

spruce & pine cones, pebbles and western buttercup flowers (Wyoming, U.S.)

eelgrass (Oregon, U.S.)

dandelions and fallen lodgepole pine tree (Colorado, U.S.)

bryozoan (Oregon, U.S.)

WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON FOUND FLORA, THESE MEDITATIONS MOVE THROUGH THE INTRICATE TEXTURES, EPHEMERAL QUALITIES, AND RHYTHMIC CYCLES OF PLANT ABSCISSION — OPENING A CONCEPTUAL INTERSPECIES DIALOGUE BETWEEN HUMAN AND FLORA THAT FREQUENTLY SEEDS WORKS AT LARGER SCALES.

ponderosa pine needles (Oregon, U.S.)

dandelions and aspen tree (Colorado, U.S.)

DRAWING ON MERLEAU-PONTY'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE PERCEPTIVE DYNAMIC BETWEEN ORGANISM AND ENVIRONMENT, I AM INTERESTED IN THE RECIPROCAL NATURE OF MAKING:

WHAT WE SHAPE, SHAPES US IN RETURN.

ponderosa pine bark (Oregon, U.S.)

maidenhair fern (Oregon, U.S.)

ponderosa pine needles (Oregon, U.S.)

sagebrush bark (Oregon, U.S.)

sea lettuce (Washington, U.S.)

THROUGH THIS PRACTICE, I EXPLORE THE BODY AS A SITE FOR REEXAMINING OUR MATERIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER SPECIES.

seep monkey flower (Oregon, U.S.)

sticks and stone (Colorado, U.S.)

wolf lichen and tumbleweed (Oregon, U.S.)

mussels (Oregon, U.S.)

norfolk island pine (Bermuda)

wolf lichen and ponderosa pine (Oregon, U.S.)

IT IS THIS SYSTEM OF CO-EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS — LARGELY INVISIBLE, ALWAYS UNFOLDING — THAT CONTINUES TO DRIVE THIS WORK.

wild wheat grass (Colorado, U.S.)

seagrass and pebbles (Washington, U.S.)

bryozoan, Pacific herring eggs and unidentified eggs (Oregon, U.S.)

seafoam and stone (Oregon, U.S.)