Humus is the dark matter of soil, prima materia in the alchemical tradition, the substance from which any composition begins. A white bowl holds a low mass of green and brown and yellow, surface as subject, the composition all texture and quiet.
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5 views, slowly
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Surface as substance.
- Dimensions
- Approximately 13 in wide, 7 in tall
- Materials
- Mixed preserved moss (sheet, reindeer, mood), lichen, dried bark fragments, white ceramic bowl
- Edition
- One of one
- Studio
- Palm Springs, CA
Price on request
One of one. Collection is local pickup in the Palm Springs area; the work does not ship. Write for the price and to arrange it.
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The piece up close, where the texture of the wood, the lichen, and the stone become legible.
