Widening Circles
Salina Art Center (2020)
pressed flowers, mirror, cyanotype
The kitchen is the heart of the home, the center of the circle. In this dreamed kitchen, the wallpaper, made of pressed flowers, is inspired by a voronoi pattern, the way in which bubbles are arranged in nature. This is an indicator of nature’s tendency to favor efficiency: the nearest neighbor, shortest path, tightest fit. This idea leads to the physical and social bubbles we currently live in. Humans are experiencing the impacts of a new world with limited contact and touch. I look ahead to the day when we don’t have to think twice about widening our bubbles, our circles. However, right now, when in the kitchen baking bread, fermenting, or cooking more than usual, bubbles are a sign of life - a sign of hope.
