When walking in my corner of the world I observe many ways nature and discarded man made objects are competing for the same energy and space. One can look past the visual evidence but after I started collecting found seed pods, leaves, and rogue plants and comparing them with all the bits of man-made, non-organic materials like plastic caps, grocery netting and charging cords from obsolete electronics, it became clear how unsettling our human impact is upon the land. I use the cyanotype process to create likenesses that are familiar yet abstract. When specimens placed in direct contact with the light sensitive emulsion are exposed to sunlight they leave an actual size tracing or silhouette on the page. I stage imaginary scenes where samara seeds battle power cords for the same space. Experiments with time, movement and layering create moments that evoke stasis and cooperation where plastic bits imprint themselves within larger plant forms. I am drawn as much to these tangled arrangements as to the moments of calm. These are meditations on the impressions humans leave behind and its effect on the tenous nature of balance.
