Marker
Many native tribes marked trails, water sources and other important areas by tying down saplings so that they would grow into permanent markers.
I am interested in the physical manifestation and human impulse to make markers as vehicles for storytelling, wayfinding, memorializing, and location-siting. With this body of work, I am investigating both abstract and figurative representations of marker as directional sign; act of negation; a common signature for an illiterate; symbol for a kiss; a spot on a map.
I am compelled by how the senses are engaged in memory—how, for example, the touch of wool or the scent of cedar trigger the embodiment of a story.
This exhibition was made possible in part by an Individual Artist Project Grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
- Trunk
- 2010
- 71"× 108"× 36"
- Cedar
- Trunk (reverse view)
- 2010
- 71"× 108"× 36"
- Cedar
- Trunk (reverse view), detail
- 2010
- 71"× 108"× 36"
- Cedar
- Hearth (1, 3, 4)
- 2010
- Various sizes
- Cast silver
From left:
Hearth 1 (2.25"× 2"×2");
Hearth 3 (5.25"× 2"×2");
Hearth 3 (3"× 2"×2").
- Marker: Axis Mundi
- 2010
- 14.25"×14.325"
- Reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding
- Marker: Complete
- 2010
- 23.75"× 24"
- Reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding
- Marker: Lamp
- 2010
- 12.325"× 14.125"
- Reclaimed wool blankets
- Marker: Totem
- 2010
- 15.375"× 11.125"
- Reclaimed wool blankets, thread
- Marker: Arbor
- 2010
- 14.25"× 14.325"
- Reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding
- Marker: Tether
- 2010
- 16.125"×14.5"
- Reclaimed wool blankets, satin binding
