I Used to be a Douglas Fir, Now I am an Oak: Seeking Place Through the Use of Trees

I Used to be a Douglas Fir, Now I am an Oak: Seeking Place Through the Use of Trees

2018

 

Materials (brackets for dye materials):
outdoor installation: (acorns),  (oak, bark), (oak leaves), oak tree, a sweater, wool

Inside installation  (acorns), bamboo, bolts, loom, (oak, bark), (oak leaves), a sweater, wool, 2018

I Used to be a Douglas Fir, Now I am an Oak: Seeking Place Through the Use of Trees used the preformative process of creating to inform the meaning of the piece.

dyes made of acorns, oak bark and oak leaves

 

The loom was made from storm fallen oak trees and local bamboo

 
Original installation was on a storm blown oak that provided some of the wood that on the loom that made this piece.

 

 Inside installation features the loom