Water, water…
“Water, Water everywhere and not a drop to drink…”, screen print on Tyvek, ribbon, 100+ double-sided screen prints on handmade cotton paper & blue tarp, 144” tall x 240”’ wide, 2021
“Water, Water everywhere and not a drop to drink…”, screen print on Tyvek, ribbon, 100+ double-sided screen prints on handmade cotton paper & blue tarp, 144” tall x 240”’ wide, 2021
The paper and tarp flags for “Water, water everywhere…” were first made for “Hurricane & Tornado”. It is a set of two whirligigs sculptures that are powered by a singular rowing machine produced through a partnership with the Open Ohio: Navigating Turbulence art + science project and the amazing artist/engineer, Brooks Wenzel.. The structures are based on vintage drying racks—one a wheel-like, collapsible, laundry rack that references a hurricane; the second an inverted bottle rack that resembles a tornado. The structures are fixed to 6-8 feet posts that allow the pieces to spin and covered in screen printed flags. As the whirligigs spin the paper sheets fly and create a flurry of blue. The rower—me at the reception and invited community women (mothers) at scheduled times throughout the show—will navigate the sea and cause ‘waves’ or ‘weather’ in the space as the whirligigs spin.
“You can’t take it with you..(hurricane & tornado)”, steel, aluminum, rowing machine, screen print on handmade paper & tarp, performance, 8’t x 8’d x 12’w, 2019
“You can’t take it with you..(hurricane & tornado)” DETAIL, screen print on handmade paper & tarp, prints range from 4″ x 10″ to 10″ x 24″, 2019