Embracing change

The plants are fading, and my time on the farms has come to a pause. When I started this project back in March, I knew almost nothing about which plants could yield which colors. Now, I’m stepping into the next phase: learning how to work with frozen and dried plants to create pigments. I’ll be grinding stones, dirt, and bones, making charcoal from branches—delving into new techniques and materials.
Ink is alive. It changes over time, and that initially frustrated me. But this month, I realized something important: I don’t have to fight against this quality. I can incorporate it into my work. I’m developing a conceptual piece called Time Lapse, where I’ll allow the ink’s natural shifts to document the passage of time in the artwork itself.
Time Lapse is a quiet reflection on what we’ve gained and lost over generations: the wisdom of seasons and soil, the traditions passed down through families—so much of which has faded with industrialization. As farming has become more mechanized, we’ve lost some of the intimate knowledge that once connected us to the land. This piece highlights those changes, holding both the enduring beauty of what remains and the sorrow for what’s been left behind.
Stay tuned for how the winter months produce a time for more research, more experimentation and more opportunities to refine my final exhibition.

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