Sea of Tranquility

30 x 4 x 30 inches, 2019, Mixed Media

Archival pigment print on handmade Sarvisberry paper, embedded in strips of banana, iris, cattail, bamboo, water lily and flax fibers dyed with osage, indigo, madder with collage of eco-prints, vessel cattail fibers with birch bark, black coral from Miami hurricane damage, all waxed. Symbolic images and objects: banana-energy; iris-message, cattail-peace, protection, prosperity; bamboo-strength; fall- the change; weaving-coming together; vessel-our journey; ferns- ancient knowledge; birch-new beginnings, renewal, and promise; maple-tolerance; turkey feathers-ascension, stabilize, abundance, pride; snake skin-evil, rebirth; shell-awaken from ignorance; Black coral: inner strength, healing; moss-luck; lichen-harbinger; water lily-purity of heart, stability in an unstable environment, wisdom.

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