Below and Above, A Floating Wetland Supports Life
Beals Preserve, Southborough, MA
June–December 2023
Part of Art on the Trails
In 2023, together with artist Holly Ewald, we co-initiated a group that brings together diverse knowledge systems to construct floating wetlands from natural materials. We build primarily with dried stalks of Japanese Knotweed, a non-native plant abundant in Rhode Island.
The project combines art and sculpture with ecological functionality, exploring the role of the artist in drawing attention to water quality issues, stormwater runoff affecting urban ponds, and the ways life improves water quality. It is also an exploration of buoyancy maintained through natural materials, and a collaboration with native plants, sunlight, and life across scales.
Learn more here.
One way I learn from the structure is by photographing it over time. The camera allows me to return to moments and notice details I may have missed, alongside embodied knowledge gained through being present with the structure.
Beals Preserve, Southborough, MA
June–December 2023
Part of Art on the Trails
In 2023, together with artist Holly Ewald, we co-initiated a group that brings together diverse knowledge systems to construct floating wetlands from natural materials. We build primarily with dried stalks of Japanese Knotweed, a non-native plant abundant in Rhode Island.
The project combines art and sculpture with ecological functionality, exploring the role of the artist in drawing attention to water quality issues, stormwater runoff affecting urban ponds, and the ways life improves water quality. It is also an exploration of buoyancy maintained through natural materials, and a collaboration with native plants, sunlight, and life across scales.
Learn more here.
One way I learn from the structure is by photographing it over time. The camera allows me to return to moments and notice details I may have missed, alongside embodied knowledge gained through being present with the structure.
