Project 05 | Complete

This month was tough for a lot of us. Our materials dried out, became brittle, and broke before we even had a chance to use them. Travel, work, and family all tugged on our time and attention. Despite all of the demands, the group managed to make interesting things from leaves, petals, sticks, stones, and bones. Good work folks.

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CC | Weave

Materials: Twigs from Central Park and grass/leaves from cover crop in our garden.

CF | Sfear: Cocytus Studies No. 6

This structure encodes an ancient mathematics — the same proportions found in sacred sites across cultures, now deployed in service of a more personal cosmology. The dome is a container for directed sorrow. The central stone is the focal instrument.

There is no wrong way to use this piece. There is, however, a right way.

Materials: Laurel, wire, malice

CF | Shadow Frame

Materials: Leaves from the yard and sunlight

GF | Rites of Spring

Inspired by the suffering caused by my seasonal allergies.

Materials: Dry pressed flowers from the garden, Mod Podge, Micron pen 8, Cardstock

JH | Greeting

Note: This work was modified after being compared to a rather
contemptible political figure.

K | Tripod Trellis

Materials: Bamboo from the yard

KC | Camp Mouse House

Materials: Twigs, jute, stones and pine cones

PD | Flora

Materials: Bits of rosemary and flowers from the yard.

JC | Trellis

When I was a kid and I couldn't find the words to explain how I felt I would often say: I feel like a tree that has lost its leaves.

Materials: Laurel branches

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