Video Walkthrough - Fitchburg Art Museum
Ebb and Flow IX: Nashua River, 2023, paper pulp from water chestnut pondweed (Trapa natans), Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), abaca, natural pigments from goldenrod, indigo,, natural iron oxide ink, black, walnut dye, 9 ft x 18 ft x 2 in.
Watch a super quick/casual video walkthrough of Ebb and Flow IX (1:23 min.) >>>
This new 9 x 18 foot iteration of the Ebb and Flow installations (a series created individually and collaboratively with Megan Singleton) is based on the Nashua River watershed denitrification maps and its industrial paper mill history. For the paper fiber, I used the displaced pondweed water chestnut (Trapa natans), which is a problem plant in the area, and the ever-familiar Japanese knotweed. Also, it was a first for me to use only natural and foraged colors; I experimented with making my own black walnut dyes, iron oxide inks, and golden rod lake pigments.
and, and, check out the....
Boston NPR Radio Mention >>>
(Scroll down to the May 16, 2023 episode 'BPR Full Show 5/16: Taylor Swift Takeover', and jump to 1:11:00 (1 hour, 11 minutes in) where the Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen talks about all the great things the Fitchburg Art Museum is doing, the Paper Town show, and my work. "Seaweed" and "rivers" were mentioned, which are pretty accurate descriptors of my work, if you only had to pick two words 😂. )