Cocoon
Cocoon, is a time-based installation using solar-dyeing sculptures and silk, to explore the natural dyes of the flora, lichen, algae, funga, waters, and earth oxides at Wildwood Park in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as part of a 5 month outdoor exhibition on the trails, Art in the Wild.
Algae, Lichen, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, distilled and pond water, silk, pond algae, common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata), 15” x 15’, April 2019
Cocoon (Copper pot sculpture– Earth Oxides), 2019, Copper urns, copper chain, copper wire, silk, earth oxides, soy milk mordant, 10” x 13”, Documented April 2019
Cocoon (Copper pot sculpture– Earth Oxides), 2019, Copper urns, copper chain, copper wire, silk, earth oxides, soy milk mordant, 10” x 13”, Documented September 2019
Cocoon (Copper pot sculpture– Earth Oxides), 2019, Copper urns, copper chain, copper wire, silk, earth oxides, soy milk mordant, 10” x 13”, Documented September 2019
Cocoon (Copper pot sculpture– Earth Oxides), 2019, Copper urns, copper chain, copper wire, silk, earth oxides, soy milk mordant, 10” x 13”, Documented April 2019
Cocoon (Copper pot sculpture– Earth Oxides), 2019, Copper urns, copper chain, copper wire, silk, earth oxides, soy milk mordant, 10” x 13”, Documented September 2019
Cocoon : Algae Solar dye, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, pond water, silk, pond algae, 15” x 15’, 2019, Documented April 2019
Cocoon : Algae Solar-dye, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, pond water, silk, pond algae, 15” x 15’, 2019, Documented April 2019
Cocoon : Algae Solar-dye, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, pond water, silk, pond algae, 15” x 15’, 2019, Documented September 2019
Cocoon : Algae Solar-dye jar, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, pond water, silk, pond algae, 15” x 15’, 2019, Documented September 2019
Cocoon : Algae Solar-dye result, Documented September 2019
Cocoon : Algae Solar-dye jar, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, pond water, silk, pond algae, 15” x 15’, 2019, Documented September 2019
Cocoon : Solar-dye jars - Lichen, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, distilled water, silk, common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata), 15” x 15’, April 2019
Cocoon : Solar-dye jars - Lichen, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, distilled water, silk, common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata), 15” x 15’, April 2019
Cocoon : Solar-dye jars - Lichen, conductive copper foil tape, jute rope, distilled water, silk,, common greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata), 15” x 15’, September 2019
Cocoon : Lichen solar dye result, Documented September 2019
Cocoon : Solar-dye jars - Mushrooms, copper wire, jute rope, silk, assorted winter mushrooms, 15” x 15’, 2019, Documented April 2019
Cocoon : Solar-dye jars - Mushrooms, copper wire, jute rope, silk, assorted winter mushrooms, 15” x 15’, 2019, Documented September 2019
Cocoon : Mushroom solar-dye jar results, Documented September 2019