Hand Made Art Pieces Made With Douglas Fir Bark
| These "books" are a growing series of three-dimensional works near the effects of certain bawl protrude species on Western forests. You lot can view a video that offers inside page |  |
| Insect Killed Book Details Unique, not editioned Bark-protrude-bored bark embedded in epoxy resin; light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cut wooden pages that interpolate the front to the back cover shapes, including the holes that the beetles fabricated; wire-border spring with linen thread; wooden beads with burned in letters which spell "insect killed." 3.75" x 5" 10 2" plus vi-inch strings and chaplet | Lingua Larvae, Book Details Unique, non editioned Bark-protrude-bored bark embedded in epoxy resin; light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cutting 3.75" x ten" x 2" plus 12-inch strings and beads | Bug Ruts Book Details Unique, non editioned Bawl-beetle-bored bark embedded in epoxy resin; laser-cut felt pages that interpolate the front to the back cover shapes, dyed with iron oxide; wire-edge jump with linen thread; wooden "worry" chaplet 9.25" x 5" ten 2.5" plus 6-inch strings and beads |
| Chewed and Charred Book Details Unique, non editioned Laser-cut and etched-acrylic covers; light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cut cork pages that interpolate the front to the back encompass shapes; wire-border spring with linen thread; wooden beads 12.five" x six" x 3.75" plus 12-inch strings and beads | Coleoptera coniferi Book Details Unique, not editioned Bark-beetle-bored bawl embedded in epoxy resin; laser-cutting and -etched cork pages that interpolate the front to the back cover shapes; wire-edge bound with linen thread; twig beads. v.125" x 8.625" x two.five" plus 15-inch strings and beads | Pine Beetle Killed, Book Details Unique, not editioned Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cut and etched-wood covers; laser-cut felt pages that interpolate the front to the back encompass shapes, dyed with fe oxide; wire-edge spring with linen thread; tea-dyed wooden alphabetic character beads 4.75" ten 7.5" ten ii.625" plus 10-inch strings and chaplet |
| Grub Nest Book Details Unique, not editioned Stiffened, sewn and beaded light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cut wool felt covers; laser-cut iron-oxide dyed wool felt pages that interpolate the front to the back cover shapes; white-dewdrop "grubs" sewn into "galleries;" wire-edge bound with linen thread; wooden chaplet. 12.5" x 5" 10 two.five" plus 7-inch strings and chaplet | Larva Galleria Book Details Unique, not editioned Bark-protrude-bored bark embedded in epoxy resin; laser-cut and iron-oxide-dyed felt pages that interpolate the front to the dorsum cover shapes, sewn into "galleries" with white-bead "grubs"; wire-border bound with linen thread; wooden beads with burned in letters which spell the title. 12.5" 10 vi" x 3.75" plus x-inch strings and beads | Untitled Book Details Unique, not editioned Bark-protrude-bored bark embedded in epoxy resin; laser-cutting and woods pages that interpolate the front end to the back comprehend shapes, engraved with tracks of dissimilar bark beetle species; wire-edge jump with linen thread; wooden beads. nine.25" 10 5.25" ten iii" plus 7-inch strings and beads |
| Encyclopedia Beetletainia Book Details Unique, non editioned Laser-cut and -etched acrylic; laser-cut wood pages that interpolate the front to the dorsum cover shapes, engraved with tracks of unlike bark beetle species; copper foil stamped proper name plates; wire-edge bound with linen thread; wooden chaplet. ix.25" x 5.25" x two.25" plus eleven.5-inch strings and beads - SOLD | Book Details Unique, not editioned Fir-engraver-inscribed woods; wire-edge bound with linen thread; magnets. 8"Westward x iv.85"50 x iv.5"H airtight | Book Details Unique, not editioned Alaska yellow cedar, leather, linen thread |
| Wood Decomposition Book Details Unique, not editioned Beetle-inscribed bawl embedded in epoxy resin covers; laser-cut mat board pages with tea-dyed rice paper and pyrography; viscose endpapers, linen thread 9"H x 8"Due west x 4"D closed |  Ars datum est (Volume Xiv) Volume Details Unique, not editioned Fir-engraver-inscribed log; laser-cut mat board; paint; linen thread. 16.5"H x 5" diameter, closed Each page is essentially a bar from a bar chart representing the areas affected in British Columbia and Alberta from 1999-2007. | Red Phase Book Details Unique, non editioned Mountain pine beetle galleries in pine bark embedded in resin, laser-cutting bamboo pages with color laserprint transfers, industrial wool felt, wire, linen thread. 15"H x 7.five"W x iii"D, closed LANDSAT based surveys classify forest wellness according to pixel hue: green is good for you, ruby has been recently killed past beetles, grey has been expressionless for one or more seasons. |
| Spatial Niche Partitioning Book Details Unique, non editioned Bark beetle galleries on pine co-operative, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cut mat board pages with laserprint transfers, , elastic thread. 22.five"L x two.0"-4.75" diam Different species of beetles space themselves out forth the elevation of the tree according to their apply of resources. Aggressive mountain pine beetles get the everyman portion of the trunk, where the most nutrients are flowing up and downwards the tree. | Volume Details Unique, not editioned Alaska yellow cedar, leather, linen thread 14"H x three.625"W x 3.v"D closed; 29"Due west open An accordion-fold book, more like a Japanese screen than the Western codex, using similar materials to Book XII. |  Black Branch (Volume 18) Book Details Unique, not editioned Maple branch, laser-cut and -engraved bamboo pages, felt end papers, linen thread 27"L ten 3.5"D closed; 3.five" diameter A difficult volume to create pages and bounden for, since the limb was both arched and its dissever was twisted. The engravings of beetle galleries spread upwards the pages from the lesser, dorsum to forepart. SOLD |
| Poetry Sticks Volume Details Unique, not editioned Bark beetle galleries on small pine branches, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cutting and engraved cotton vellum pages, leather, spine silk thread. viii.5"50 x 1" diam These books include two poems past Melinda Mueller. My favorite line of Larva (XIXA) is, "they write by excavation, past/gnawing forrard toward the side by side life,/the life with wings." | Unwinding through Time Book Details Unique, not editioned Bawl beetle galleries on tall fir or pine, printed Tyvek, metal latch hardware 6"H 10 iii.5" diam The "pages" here are strips of USFS Aeriform Detection Survey maps in a triangular helical cylinder origami fold. The maps show a small-scale portion of Northward Central Washington from 1996 to 2009. SOLD | The Bend of Loss Book Details Unique, not editioned Dyed silk, embroidery floss, branches Gyre: 24.5"West x 17"H x i"D The top embroidered bend is the loss to western forest lands acquired by all bark beetles from 2000 to 2012, ~46 1000000 acres. The lower bend is losses due solely to mount pine beetle. The threads mark yr points. Information from Spousal relationship of Concerned Scientists, "Rocky Mount Forests at Risk" |
| Scolytid Lifecycle Book Details Unique, not editioned Fir engraver galleries on log, atomic number 26-oxide-dyed wood felt, embroidery thread, chaplet, tarnished contumely grommets and binding post. 5"H x half-dozen" diam Off-white chaplet stand for eggs in their chambers, embroidered trails equally larvae chew their fashion out of the chambers, becoming larger, and punched-out leave holes betoken where they became beetles and flew off to the next tree... | Towers of Silence Book Details Unique, not editioned Logs, laser-cutting and laser-engraved fe-oxide-dyed cotton wool vellum pages, wire-edge bound with brass rods, linen thread. 21"H x 17"W x 9D" These books include a poem by Melinda Mueller comparing beetle-killed trees to Zoroastrian excarnation towers. Because there are ii voices in the poem, I made ii towers. The small books are at each pinnacle, with the poem repeated in alternate fonts to indicate each voice. | What the Beetles Wrote Book Details Unique, not editioned Mountain pine protrude galleries on log; cast paper pulp, mat board, atomic number 26-oxide-dyed non-woven viscose 11"H x 9.v"W x 6"D closed; I used silicon molds on logs to bandage paper pulp pages with beetle galleries debossed on them. |
| Outbreak Book Details Unique, not editioned Log with beetle galleries, handmade Japanese paper, iron-oxide-dyed non-woven viscose 12"H x six" diam Some of the sheets are chiri ("leftover") kozo fiber which has many small bits of bark embedded in them. The frontispiece has foliage skeletons embedded in it. The increasing circular areas covered past rubbings taken from the same correspond the proportion of tree mortality in the Quesnel Timber Supply Area of central British Columbia 1999 - 2016. | Subconscious in Plain Sight Book Details Unique, non editioned Log with beetle galleries; letterpress-printed, handmade and commercial Japanese newspaper; iron-oxide-dyed non-woven viscose 12"H x 4.75" diam Based on a paper past Six et al.: ~25% of lodgepole pines in a enquiry tract survived mass attack past mountain pino beetles. DNA analyses of the survivors showed "quieter" encoding for sure VOCs that the beetles perceive. The interior pages of the book have been printed with "ASCII art" of the mRNA encoding for monoterpene synthase. The proportion of nighttime, low-contrast ("tranquility") to light, loftier-contrast ("noisy") pages in the book is 25/100. | Survivorship Book Details Unique, not editioned Log with mountain pine beetle galleries; letterpress-printed text with inked-in galleries, handmade and commercial Japanese paper; contumely binding post 6"H x 9.five" diam Similar Vol. XXVI, based on a paper by Half dozen et al. : ~vii% of whitebark pines in a inquiry tract survived mass attack by mountain pino beetles. DNA analyses of the survivors showed less encoding for certain VOCs that the beetles perceive. The interior pages of the volume have been printed with "ASCII art" of the mRNA base of operations pairs for the gene that turns of monoterpene synthase. The proportion of dark, low-dissimilarity ("repose") to light, high-contrast ("noisy") pages in the book is 7/100. |
| Book Details Unique, not editioned Co-operative with beetle galleries, various papers, linen thread, wire, beads iv"H x 3.5" diam A test of a form in which small "booklets" are leap into splits in a branch such that, when open up, the pages tin can be viewed; and when closed, the shape returns to its original round form. | Book Details Unique, not editioned Log with protrude galleries, outset-printed handmade Japanese papers, Western codex binding, linen thread fe-oxide-dyed non-woven viscose 11"H x 5.v" diam The large scale version of Volume XXVIII. I glued each booklet between its wedge covers with iron-oxide-dyed viscose (derived from forest!) endpapers. The ratio of dark to light pages follows the proportions explained for Volumes XXV and XXVI. | Species Distribution Volume Details Unique, non editioned Douglas fir branch, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cutting wood, laser-print transfers, viscose and silk, Kevlar thread, wood chaplet three.5" x 32.five" closed, 3.5" 10 19' open The longest book I have made even so, it represents the varieties of bawl beetle species that may be found distributed along the pinnacle of the tree. |
| Book Details Unique, not editioned Douglas fir branches, laser-cut forest, laserprint transfers, bronze rings 86"H x 18"W x iii"D The top iii species contributing to
Data from Aeriform Detection Surveys summarized in WA DNR annual Woods Health reports | Book Details Unique, not editioned Co-operative, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cut woods panels, iron-oxide-dyed and industrial wool felt, linen threat, embroidery floss 8.75"H x 6.75"W x three"D Mountain pine beetles and pinion Ips conduct species of fungi on their bodies. The fungi'southward microfilaments burrow into the wood searching for nutrients. They transfer phosphorus and nitrogen back out toward the surface; without them, these beetles could not assimilate the wood. The covers correspond the beetle galleries; embroidery on the pages represent the fungi, whose grazing leaves a tell-tale stain in the wood--bluer for the mount pine beetle and greyer for the pinon Ips. | Hyphae Book Details Unique, not editioned Log one-half-round, handmade and commercial papers, abaca cobweb xiv"H x 6"Westward 10 8"D Based on the idea that fungi mycelium provide admission to nutrients from otherwise boxy wood as is described in Volume XXXII. Log from below American Ridge, WA; fiber from milnery supply as it is ofttimes used as stiffener in elaborate women's hats. |
| Volume Details Unique, non editioned Branch, dimensional lumber with blue stain, light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation-cut forest with laser print transfers five"H x 12.75"W x 4"D Both bark beetles and humans like to brand their homes out of trees, and then in some sense nosotros are competing for the same resource. This volume interpolates the gallery-covered co-operative into a piece of 1x4 dimensional lumber. Yous can see a video animation of the pages here: https://vimeo.com/468773992 |
Base of operations Pairs Book Details Unique, not editioned Branch with galleries; wire-edge binding, get-go-printed mRNA c-a-t-yard encoding for monoterpene synthase; brass buckle, iron-oxide-dyed felt 9.75"W x 3" diameter The start printed pages accept the c-a-t-g base pairs interspersed with mount pine beetle galleries, in the same proportions as Vol. XXVII, Survivorship. |
The Heaven Cracks Open Book Details Unique, non editioned Branch with galleries; laser-cut wood pages in an accordion-fold, typewriter type on paper, painted folded Tyvek bankroll iv.5"W x 3.5"H x 2"D Typewriter poet Sean Petrie wrote me the poem that inspired this book. He was patient plenty to retype it co-ordinate to my templated pages, on three different kinds of paper, which I and so decided should be cut-and-pasted onto the pages, "ransom-note-mode." It begins, "The sky cracked open." The salient ending of the verse form is, " From the leaves/ To/The bark beetles/Scurrying/Beneath Laying out/The warning/In a language/We/Have Withal/To grasp A pattern for all/Any/Who accept/The time/To run across." SOLD |
| Emergency Brake Volume Details Unique, not editioned Branch with galleries; letterpress pages on abaca paper, printed by Ellie Mathews/The Northward Press; bamboo placemat; contumely eyelets and screws; iron-oxide dyed viscose. 12"Westward x 19"L open; 4" bore closed Murray Reiss' poem is repeated on 3 pages, because "If we were bawl beetles/ | Below the Bark Book Details Unique, not editioned Log with galleries; fabric printed with original painting of ponderosa bawl, quilt batting, blackness grommets and wood screws, commercial fabric, magnets. 12"W x nineteen"L open; 4" diameter closed Named in laurels of our 2021-22 eponymous exhibit at the Missoula Art Museum. |
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