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In my work, I consider complex communities and their encounters with other communities. The reef came to mind because I was coordinating concepts with . It was with her that I first experienced my first kelp forest. I was a reminded of my early drawings as a child. My first love was the complex reef community. Bright beings, building together, inviting other creatures , living and dying in place. Our kelp forests and reefs are shrinking. I piece together my valuable silk forest of scraps and invoke the material of making: shell and skeletal structure powder, algae and seaweed, and water. I am reconstructing reef. I am showing this piece . A thank you to for participating in this show. It’s an honor to be in this group show together.

It’s been quite a summer.
What’s on the project table…

Bio plastics
Natural cements and plasters
Bio materials
Large wall panel art
An animation project
A “ghost “!

To keep me grounded, I’ve been working on my tiny suburban land and over the last few years I’ve been spending less time managing a lawn and spending more time rebuilding a wildlife habitat.

To keep me inspired, I connected with local community groups looking to keep lands for wildlife, manage our human ability to be good neighbors to wildlife, and mostly, just doing something NOW.