Gallery - Woven Woods 2017-2023
Mother Tree
2016 Fabric wall hanging, 42" in diameter Not only do larger, older trees (aka Mother or Hub trees) in a forest protect and nurture seedlings and young saplings while they are living, they become a source of slowly released nutrients when they die. In this way they feed back into the system everything they stored in their life as they dissolve into the forest floor. During this process they also become hosts for a variety of other forest creatures that use the hollows and soft areas for nesting, shelter and food. This is why it is very important to leave dead trees where they stand after they die. Read more about Mother trees HERE.
"lean me against the glittering curve of bark and I will hold you, finally as everything here entwines
sea a cobalt shawl gathering rock laced with root branches knit to sky together, we are the pattern combined, complete" by Jennifer Dunlop from her poem, 'Entwined' 2017 |