MATERIAL MEDITATIONS

‘MATERIAL MEDITATIONS’ DESCRIBES MY ARTISTIC PRACTICE THAT ENCOMPASSES SENSORY ATTUNEMENT AND HAPTIC ENGAGEMENT WITH MATERIALS.

ROOTED IN EXPERIMENTAL ENGAGEMENT, THIS PRACTICE EMBODIES A REFLECTIVE AND EXPLORATORY PROCESS THAT RESPONDS TO THE EVOLVING NATURE OF THE MATTER IN HAND, OFTEN REVEALING EMERGENT DESIGN CONCEPTS AND FORMS.

WITH A FOCUS ON FOUND FLORA, MATERIAL MEDITATIONS DELVE INTO THE INTRICATE TEXTURES, EPHEMERAL COMPONENTS, AND RHYTHMIC CYCLES OF PLANT ABSCISSION, SERVING AS A CONCEPTUAL INTERSPECIES DIALOGUE BETWEEN HUMAN AND FLORA.

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

seagrass (Washington, U.S.)

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

ponderosa pine bark (Oregon, U.S.)

sticks and stone (Colorado, U.S.)

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

seep monkey flower (Oregon, U.S.)

bryozoan (Oregon, U.S.)

norfolk island pine (Bermuda)

maidenhair fern (Oregon, U.S.)

ponderosa pine needles (Oregon, U.S.)

sagebrush bark (Oregon, U.S.)

wild wheat grass (Colorado, U.S.)

moss (Colorado, U.S.)

mussels (Oregon, U.S.)

eelgrass (Oregon, U.S.)

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

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

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

aspen leaf and algae (Colorado, U.S.)

lupine leaf, yarrow, daisies and unidentified wildflower (Oregon, U.S.)

hydrangea (Oregon, U.S.)

sea lettuce (Washington, U.S.)

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

seagrass and pebbles (Washington, U.S.)

seafoam and stone (Oregon, U.S.)

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