Blind Wave Drawings with Sputnik Seaweed

A series of seaweed paper sculptural art works is based ocean surfaces of the New England coast. Codium fragile, a seaweed that is a problematic species on the East Coast, was gathered from the beaches processed into paper pulp, drawn with, and allowed to dry organically. Blind drawing involves continuously looking at the subject without glancing back to the sketch itself.

Artist-made paper pulp from Codium fragile seaweed, abaca, 36” x 28” x 6”, 2017