Woods Walk with my Mother-Carmel, New York, 1967
This piece speaks to a reclaimed memory of a woods-walk I took with my mom when I was a teenager in the Hudson highland woods of Carmel, New York. Cast-off birch tree paper, Star moss, tiny pearl-like mushrooms and British Soldier Fungi decorated the landscape under foot. Escarpments of lichen-covered grey stone broke the earth's surface like whale backs. My mom and I collected bits of moss and clumps of ferns, special stones and interesting branches and transported them to our own courtyard garden at home. We planted a "Healy Garden" named for our friends in Carmel. I still find the smell of cut wood grounding. The same minutia, the details and textures that I remember from long ago still resonate for me today; they are still rich and precious.
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk (detail)
one of 87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site
Woods Walk
87 suspended elements, birch disks, silver leaf, snap swivels, pearls, tacks, painted wall, installation size mutable depending on site