Foraged Faces

For the year 2021, I committed to a daily practice of walking outdoors, a commitment which (like most practice) I fulfilled most of the time. My commitment was a physical commitment to myself, and a commitment to the natural world – to notice and appreciate the offerings and changes through the seasons. Each walk I collected natural items I found, and then shaped them into a mould created of my own face.

This work, then, is about practice, showing up, being present. And also, it is a documentation and archive of time spent connecting and entangling with the natural world. And it can also be a meditation on memory, what we collect and how we recollect.

This work became about finding ourselves in the natural world. Nature holds up a mirror of lessons that teach us about our humanity and how to be with the Earth. This work is a celebration of the abundance of the Earth, as each mask was created from the tiniest of harvest. This work hopes to remind us that we too are nature.

Comprised of the same elements, we are, in fact, always nature looking at nature. This work encourages you to find yourself in nature, and nature inside of you.

Shows: Roy G. Biv Gallery for Emerging Artists, June 2022

Artist CV here.

Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, Ohio June 10 - July 2, 2022

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Foraged Faces is a collection of 300+ masks. moulded in the shape of the artist’s face, and made out of natural materials collected on daily walks in Ohio and Michigan.

The collection also represents a process. If you are interested in displaying this collection, or if you are interested in work being created on your site with local materials (or a combination), please fill out the interest form linked above.