Mountain Evidence

This material isn’t yet sure if it wants to be a collage or a book. Layers of evidence accumulate: climate change is affecting the North Cascades. Glaciers shrink into repose, moraines emerge. The textures of Skagit gneiss and ancient ice glint in the sun. Four people traverse the range, dwarved by peaks and valleys. They find whitebark pine standing barren, no cones, no needles. Wolverine haunts the scene, quiet and rare. Scientists compile topographic maps, charting isoglacihypses and terminus retreat.

This haphazard hammer - magnet - plywood - paper configuration is a mounting wall of evidence. Mapping out the material is part of my process of understanding and connecting. Next I may add text or more swatches of color and texture. Or I will bind these prints into an interactive book. Let me know your thoughts or questions!

I highly encourage you to check out Anna McKee’s Evidence Wall for another approach on this theme!

Isoglacihypses (Porter 1977)

Skagit Gneiss, Sholes Stones, Salmonberries

South Cascade Glacier

Wolverine Denning Habitat

The piece sitting on the dining room table, showing off some friends love and feedback.