installations
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"Cathedral Flower Festival" (Omaha, January 2023)
This hyper-local 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 and Peter Scherr. Featuring white pine, miscanthus, amaryllis, goldenrod, artemesia, meadow garlic, moss, kumquat, clementine, pinecone, echinacea, corn stalk, milkweed, waxed hemp & love. Farms supported: Hen & the Hawk, The Swallow's Nest). All free of dye, bleach or paint. |
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"Garden Celebration Installation" (Omaha, August 2022)
This pergola installation was created foam-free. All vased arrangements were created with locally grown blooms natural in color, and free of dye, bleach and paint. |
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"Private Home Branch Cloud Installation" (Omaha, July 2022)
This Branch Cloud was created foam-free, site-specific using all locally-harvested flora. |
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"Pride Installation" (Memorial Park, June 2022)
This intentional space was co-created with Kamrin Baker Creative, with the hope those who ventured to it in the crab apply 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" (Omaha 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. |
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"Floral Arch" (a wedding arch at Magnolia Hotel, Oct. 2021)
This floral arch was created with no floral foam, instead used branches, chicken wire, Spanish moss, and twigs. It was used for a wedding ceremony, then moved to the reception with a backdrop added. The next day it was installed on a fire escape behind the location where the couple had initially met and their love story began! |
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"Reigning Rainbow" (a 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 Flash" (a flower installation in a garbage bin in the Old Market, 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? *"Flower Flashes" are inspired by the NYC designer, Lewis Miller. |
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Everything's Coming Up Roses II (a 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 Roses pop-up (front yard 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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Omaha Children's Museum (community installation, July 2019)
Over a series of visits to the Omaha Children's Museum, participants were invited to manipulate tissue paper to create flowers that were then added to create a "growing" community garden. |
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