“Before landing on this small island nation, I had never once had the experience of seeing the artifacts of a place, in that same place. Every stone mortar and diabase pounder and picrolite figurine and column fragment and ceramic vessel was created, used, loved, abandoned, and discovered well within a 200km radius of my body. Of and within. Total immersion.”
Read moreWhere the Wonder Lives– the making of an archive PART I
It began because I believe in the wonder of the world that shakes you to life, and I imagine that that wonder needs a place of its own to live when it’s not busy lighting our souls on fire… This is why I started making archives, and how archiving materials became a part of my practice as an artist. The freaking wonder of it all, and how material has the ability to hold and know all that has been and all that could be.
Read moreThe Story We Stand On – how do you know if a rock will make a pigment?
With rocks come colors, with colors come pigments, and that’s really where it all starts and ends for me. One of the most common questions I am asked is some variation of: How do you know if a rock will make a pigment? I will share some knowledge and a bit about my own practice with pigments, and in doing so, I promise to only drag you partway down the rabbit hole of wonder, reverie and deep time.
Read moreA Return to Material Things – where I've been & why I'm back
Happy New Year, dear readers! Do you remember me? A thing or two has happened since the last post I made about earth pigments in 2018. Suffice to say, it’s been a whirlwind. But here I am! I’m back! I am excited to be returning to Material Things, and to use this as a conduit between all the most important things: you, me, painting, the stuff of our world, everything that has already passed, and everything yet to come.
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