Kelp Explosion
2018 - 2019
Cyanotype prints of Pacific Ocean kelp and sand on paper, 8’ x 33’
Tennesse Arts Commission
Nashville, TN
True Turn
Tulsa, OK
My blue oasis.
Kelp grows in shallow ocean waters absorbing carbon emissions and providing food and habitat for many species. As trees are critical for land, so are kelp forests for the ocean. Due to warming ocean temperatures, they are disappearing fast, endangering marine life. Captivated by the kelp floating in the waves, tangled up in a mass or torn up into fragments as it washed ashore, I recorded impressions of it on paper using the cyanotype printing process. The work was created working with nature as a collaborator. This work is an homage to the otherworldly quality of kelp forests. My kelp series marks an evolution into themes of nature preservation.
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