Rituals of Abundance
Collaborative Photoshoot with Mixed-Media Objects
Photographer: Devin Ariel
Models: Latasha Ruby, Marqeist, Tahj Stahlworth, Shruthi Reddy
Makeup Artist: Marissa Espinoza
Photography Assistant: Emile Deschamps
Collaborating with photographer Devin Ariel, we drew visual inspiration from Nelson Morales’s Transamazónicas. What rituals must be performed - by ourselves or with others - to leverage the magic that exists beneath our feet? How do we activate connection and consciousness in a land that is not our ancestors’?
Mycelium Maps
Mixed Media Sculptures
Brass 20g wire, gemstone beads (moss agate, jasper, unakite, quartz, lapis), dimension vary 2022
While reading Merlin Sheldrake’s Entangled Life, I had a vision of humans in a dark forest, covered by a glowing web. Mycelium "light" up like a brain's neural pathways or computer network when activated, a phenomenon that scientists have difficulty analogizing because it’s so different from human experience. Thus inspired, I created hanging sculptures made of gemstones, strung on brass wire, that visualize what energized mycelium could look like and what pathway(s) they may illuminate.
Nest
Mixed Media Sculpture and Interactive Art Workshop
Grass, seeds, paper, charcoal, rose petals (planted as part of an interactive art workshop), 2022
