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By Andie Aylsworth
Unique
This artwork is part of the ongoing “Curated Nature Series” (2020-present) and represents multi-species collaboration between our more-than-human kin and the artist. The artist plays a minimal role in the creation of the works as our plant kin are the ones who provide the color palette and composition of the art. The non-human species involved in creating this artwork include Logwood, Blackberry, Redwood, Eucalyptus, Bougainvillea and Hibiscus. The plants present in this work are hand gathered and foraged by the artist following the guidelines of the Honorable Harvest, a Traditional Ecological Knowledge concept, which describes respectful ways of gathering and utilizing our more-than-human kin. In identifying this collaborative way of working the artist shines a light on mutual multispecies relationships and cohabitations. The textile is mounted in a bespoke steel frame, thus, pairing welded steel with delicate silk fibers to enact a dialogue of collaboration. The winding vines and leaves evoke the shoots of bougainvillea branches and blackberry brambles in steel wire, creating an immortalized depiction of the plant-life that lent their bodies to the creation of the artwork.
By Andie Aylsworth
Unique
This artwork is part of the ongoing “Curated Nature Series” (2020-present) and represents multi-species collaboration between our more-than-human kin and the artist. The artist plays a minimal role in the creation of the works as our plant kin are the ones who provide the color palette and composition of the art. The non-human species involved in creating this artwork include Logwood, Blackberry, Redwood, Eucalyptus, Bougainvillea and Hibiscus. The plants present in this work are hand gathered and foraged by the artist following the guidelines of the Honorable Harvest, a Traditional Ecological Knowledge concept, which describes respectful ways of gathering and utilizing our more-than-human kin. In identifying this collaborative way of working the artist shines a light on mutual multispecies relationships and cohabitations. The textile is mounted in a bespoke steel frame, thus, pairing welded steel with delicate silk fibers to enact a dialogue of collaboration. The winding vines and leaves evoke the shoots of bougainvillea branches and blackberry brambles in steel wire, creating an immortalized depiction of the plant-life that lent their bodies to the creation of the artwork.