Fermented Umbilicaria mammulata lichen and dye, abaca fiber, water-based paint
13” x 19” framed print; flamework glass vessel dimensions vary ~18” x 6”
Intergalactic Navel Gazing is an archive of my encounter with the Umbilicaria mammulata lichen: 1. printed broadsheets with collage and prose mix science, historical, and personal accounts; 2. flamework glass vessels, designed to evoke body organs, contain dye made with ocean water, fermented urine, and lichen lobes separated from the thallus in a windstorm; and, 3. thin sheets of handmade abaca paper pucker like skin. This work engages a symbiotic species to elaborate on the concept of interspecies dependency.
One of several projects that employs natural dye making and ethnobotanical processes as a mode of discovering place through plants. Writing and printed matter related to this project are available through Fruit & Rot.
Create Space Gallery, Cold Spring, NY.