Part of Seeds of Abundance: Limits, Loss, and Regeneration
March 6 – April 24, 2026 · Solo exhibition at Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, Oregon

Participatory installation; willow from Authentique Artfarm, thread, natural elements, handwritten notes; writing console of reclaimed wood and steel
H 85″ × W 100″ × D 90″
2026

A Sense of Place is a growing, communal structure built from slender willow branches I cut, stripped, and shaped by hand at Authentique Artfarm. Visitors were invited to bring a small natural element (a seed, seedpod, dried flower, or stone), attach it to a branch, and add a written or drawn note. I designed the writing console in collaboration with my neighbor and friend Robert Andrews, who built it from an old plank found at Authentique Artfarm and steel. The bark stripped from the branches returned to the soil beneath the structure. After the exhibition, the thread was composted, and the willow bark covered the floor of the farm’s nursery.

The structure evolved through shared gestures of care, memory, and connection. These small acts of presence accumulated into something no single person could have made alone.

Part of Seeds of Abundance, Scalehouse Gallery, 2026.