rock spiders

as if chased by the fire of the burning sun itself, the pod of rock spiders scampered forth from their earthen chasm, a blur of tiny legs, their sound but a whisper…








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behind the scenes.

pebbled circle

the sun was shining down upon us, as we opted for a quick experimentation in the grassy basin of a dried seasonal pond. the idea was to create a circle, that from afar, seemed to defy perspective. an experiment. a more precise attempt, with destinct contrast in form, between near and far, will later take place. it was a blast nonetheless.

dry creek

dry creek. a land art collaboration by noah and myself.

aqua-phobic vines

aqua-phobic vines. a land art creation.

square of yellow

simple square of yellow in a placid stream, next to noah's inverted square (as seen in third pic).

square of sand

square of sand, a group collaboration between noah and i, at caples lake, in the sierra nevadas. at first, noah's idea of a perfectly edged square seemed daunting, but as we experimented with a combination of dry and wet sand, and diligently worked at creating sharp edges, the project eventually came to a successful completion, even staying intact the next morning.

tree growth

found a lush shaded grove in the berkeley hills, where i went about creating this piece with some chalk like stone that i found under some moss and ferns.

earth serpent

on a very warm and sunny day in the berkeley hills, noah and i brainstormed various land art creations, eventually deciding on a serpentine-like form of eucalyptus bark emerging from out of a trap door in the earth. another way of looking at the form, is the earth opening its mouth and a giant tongue or tentacle twisting out.

tree mirage. then and now.

on march 4, 2006, noah and i collaborated on the tree mirage. on february 10, 2007, the majority of the bits and pieces of bark and small branches that we used, were intact, albeit a bit decomposed and overgrown with grass and small weeds. here are two pics side by side.

tree mirage

i am quite happy with the result of this tree mirage, a land art collaboration with noah.

shell spiral

here is a spiral that i made with the quite prevelent fresh water clam shells.

fennel square

even though it was a drizzly day in sacramento, it thankfully didn't stop noah and i from venturing forth to a great plot of land by the american river for a little land art collaboration, utilizing the oh so prevalent dried (well, rather sodden on this outing) fennel stalks. it was rewarding to see our creation grow and grow...into a square.

eucalyptus spheres

it was very enjoyable to collaborate on the eucalyptus spheres land art project with noah. there was definitely a learning curve in creating these giant spheres of wrapped and interwoven shreds of eucalyptus bark. first we started by creating a series of circular forms, then weaving them together, but the strength was just not there. finally, we began as one would with a snowball, rolling, and packing, and as the spheres became larger, there was more interweaving and shaping involved.

fennel circle

given that it was a beautiful and warm (spring?) day, i opted for a little land art by the american river, utilizing the very prevelent dried fennel stalks.

color gradient

here is a land art color gradient that noah and i collaborated on. bit by bit, the richness of color became stronger and stronger.