installations
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Earth Alphabet 'LOVE' InstallationHot Shops Art Center, December 2023
This installation is a series of pressed & framed flora pieces called the Earth Alphabet, each spelling the word 'LOVE' using positive or negative space, along with the form & shape each plant element offers. Majority of the flora was locally-grown, mounted on handmade paper by Chelsea Herman of Flight Path Press using abaca, flax and hemp plants. The cloud is foam-free using an unearthed Japanese maple tree (root system & all), miscanthus & guara grasses. |
Cathedral Flower FestivalOmaha, January 2023
This installation was created in response to Melody Scott's metal & glass sculpture as a prompt. Created foam-free with 99% locally-harvested elements (not the citrus!). The pottery pieces are by Anna Stoysich & Peter Scherr. Featuring white pine, miscanthus, amaryllis, goldenrod, artemesia, meadow garlic, moss, kumquat, clementine, pinecone, echinacea, corn stalk, milkweed with waxed hemp. Farms supported: Hen & the Hawk, The Swallow's Nest. All free of dye, bleach or paint. |
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Private Home InstallationOmaha, July 2022
This Branch Cloud was created foam-free, site-specific in a private home using all locally-harvested flora -- butterfly whirling guara grass, red maple, sedum & miscanthus. |
Pride InstallationMemorial Park, June 2022
This intentional space was co-created with Kamrin Baker, with the hope those who ventured to it in the crab apple grove lied under it, watched the blossoms swing with the wind, listened to the birds serenade, thanked the tree crab apple tree for offering a canopy of shade and swooping structure for the blossoms, all while reflecting on what Pride month represents: commemorates the 1969 Stonewall riots in NYC; celebrates LGBTQ+ lives; promotes dignity, equality and visibility of LGBTQ+ individuals; and, reminds us how far we’ve come and where we still need to go. All the blooms are natural in color - free of dye, bleach paint. |
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Branch Clouds InstallationOmaha Children's Museum, Forever Forest exhibit, Feb.-April 2022
Branch Clouds offer exploration on one's connection to trees through prompts related to psithurism (the sound of wind through trees) and komorebi (light filtering through trees). There is an interactive element for visitors to chalk trace shadow shapes observed from the play of light through the Branch Clouds and one's own body, onto the chalkboard! The hope is that as a collective, once we begin to grow inquiry into how we know nature, our relationship with, and care for our earth will shift to that of honor & respect (vs. consume & misuse). Branch Clouds are created with naturally-fallen sycamore & silver maple branches from around Omaha, locally-harvested miscanthus, echinacea, vervain, sedum & wild bergamot. |
Reigning RainbowA Pride flower installation at Sheelytown Market, June 2021
This was inspired by a discussion around offering representation within any given work space/place of business -- that solidarity and inclusivity matter. The colors are taken from all the various Pride flags as a way to give visibility to groups in the queer community that may otherwise feel under represented. Fabric is repurposed t-shirts. |
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Flower FlashOld Market trash bin flower installation, May 2021
This was done to bring a fresh perspective on urban environments - What we value? Where is value placed? How is that value expressed? Inspired by NYC designer, Lewis Miller. |
Everything's Coming Up Roses IIA flower installation within the "community" Sounding Stone sculpture by Leslie Iwai, Feb. 2021
Everything's Coming Up Roses II is the second in a series of installations created by rescuing 100s of landfill-bound roses that were otherwise being discarded (leftover from Valentine's Day at a chain big-box florist). It was an observation in our perception of beauty, and how imperfection and waste can still hold value. |
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Everything's Coming Up RosesFront yard flower installation, Nov. 2020
Everything's Coming Up Roses is a first in a series of installations created by rescuing 100s of landfill-bound roses that were otherwise being discarded. Once installed, community was offered the act of plucking roses for themselves, and/or to share with others. It was an observation in our perception of beauty, and how imperfection and waste can still hold value. |
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