In-Situ Grass Braiding / Weaving
These woven grass installations are created by braiding, styling or weaving tall grasses in-situ, as if the earth had hair. It delights me to create work that is more formal in nature, that is created outdoors with little more than some gloves and gardening tools.  I get a great deal of satisfaction from the physical labor, and a clarity that comes from having to observe closely and respond, moment by moment, to the very specific conditions of a site.

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Woven Grass Village, 2011, Smoke Farm (collaboration with Adria Garcia)
Created for the Lo-Fi Art and Performance Festival.

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For Smoke Farm, Adria and I were interested in creating a space that people would actually inhabit and use.  We ended up with something that was part living room, part village, and part stage.  This part of the installation was about a 30-foot oval. 

Adria and me at the very beginning of the piece. 
Photo: www.zverina.com