Bodies of Water

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The first print here is an embossment of the Company Glacier path, carved into birch plywood this June, in Stehekin. The process of embossing entails pressing damp paper into a block to take on its sculptural qualities. Without color, the this print traces a water body of which we, flowers, lightbulbs and orchards are the downstream organs. A three minute cascade of sounds follows the image. Let your eye and ear simultaneously trace the trees and wires bleeding from the current. Imagine this place as a sponge, where water is the common medium for all - orchardist, phytoplankton, marmot, mountaineer, tardigrade. Meltwater springs, sings and sloshes from the glacier to the lake, enlivening everything along its path.

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