The Garden, 2019-2020
Gyotoku prints, sumi ink and gauche on rice paper
The body of the earth, like our own, carries imprints of the great events that have shaped it.
Much of the evidence of earth during the early stages of life is hidden in rock deep below the surface, and to dig deep enough to find the physical remains means its destruction. In Greenfield, New York, an incredibly rare occurrence has exposed a layer of the Precambrian shield, revealing a 400 million year old fossil field of the earliest forms of life: blue green algae. From these organisms, life as we know it emerged.
Through the Japanese method of gyotaku, I have collected imprints the earth's body. My engagement with this site, a mile from my mother's home, was a meditation on my foundation as I waited out my own personal evolution.
Geology is a record of time. These transfer prints are metaphor: a record of transformation that leaves a permanent mark, but that may, with the passing of time, become buried deep within.
Gyotoku prints, sumi ink and gauche on rice paper
The body of the earth, like our own, carries imprints of the great events that have shaped it.
Much of the evidence of earth during the early stages of life is hidden in rock deep below the surface, and to dig deep enough to find the physical remains means its destruction. In Greenfield, New York, an incredibly rare occurrence has exposed a layer of the Precambrian shield, revealing a 400 million year old fossil field of the earliest forms of life: blue green algae. From these organisms, life as we know it emerged.
Through the Japanese method of gyotaku, I have collected imprints the earth's body. My engagement with this site, a mile from my mother's home, was a meditation on my foundation as I waited out my own personal evolution.
Geology is a record of time. These transfer prints are metaphor: a record of transformation that leaves a permanent mark, but that may, with the passing of time, become buried deep within.
