Drizzle (Seeded Rainstorm Trail)
Drizzle (Seeded Rainstorm Trail), 2024
Recycled cotton paper, native wildflower seed mix, cotton twine
commissioned by Wildflower Sculpture Park, South Mountain Reservation, Maplewood, NJ
Thick blue twine traces a series of lines between trees throughout the forest. Sculptural paper raindrops studded with native wildflower seeds hang just out of reach below the tree canopy. A rainstorm punctuates the trail of the sculpture park. As the wind, rain, dew, and animal interaction erode the handmade paper raindrops, the embedded wildflower seeds will drop to the ground below and germinate below the drops. As the raindrops disappear, they are transformed into wildflower paths, a living echo of the rainstorm for seasons to come.
This work speaks to the interweaving paths between humans and nature, our effects on the natural world, and our attempts to reclaim and rewild. I am excited for this installation to become a part of the regenerative work of South Mountain Conservancy. When completed, the artwork - bright, angular, and intentionally human - will drop its seeds but remain as an armature of the seeding apparatus that once was.
Recycled cotton paper, native wildflower seed mix, cotton twine
commissioned by Wildflower Sculpture Park, South Mountain Reservation, Maplewood, NJ
Thick blue twine traces a series of lines between trees throughout the forest. Sculptural paper raindrops studded with native wildflower seeds hang just out of reach below the tree canopy. A rainstorm punctuates the trail of the sculpture park. As the wind, rain, dew, and animal interaction erode the handmade paper raindrops, the embedded wildflower seeds will drop to the ground below and germinate below the drops. As the raindrops disappear, they are transformed into wildflower paths, a living echo of the rainstorm for seasons to come.
This work speaks to the interweaving paths between humans and nature, our effects on the natural world, and our attempts to reclaim and rewild. I am excited for this installation to become a part of the regenerative work of South Mountain Conservancy. When completed, the artwork - bright, angular, and intentionally human - will drop its seeds but remain as an armature of the seeding apparatus that once was.
