"Alberta Hay"
rice paper, alberta hay, ink, glass, sealed environment 2007
Magnolia/Rocky Neck, Gloucester MA
the Alberta Hay bales in front of the Randomarts Magnolia Studio were about to thaw. i sliced a 4x6x10" leaf from the bale. sliced the leaf into 8 sections, watered each leaf, added wildflower seed, sealed the environment. the Alberta Hay produced several generations of midgies, seed sprouted, tiny flowers formed. two of these works 'lived' in our kitchen, right above our sunny kitchen table. two sprouted on my friend Karen's wall. four lived on the installation walls/trees of the 'then' neighborhood art installation.
this is the only evidence left of the event. the other leaves were opened and used to enrich other gardens.
best,
deb.
