G.N. Brandt X New England Cellar Hole
Graphite and ink on paper. PS touch.
Fall 2010
Biography
Stephensen, Lulu Salto.Garden Design in Denmark: G.N.Brandt and the Early Decades of the Twentieth Century. West Sussex: Packard Publishing Ltd, 2007.
Landscape Urbanism Bin
Digital media, Adobe PS3
April 2012
“Outdoor metal recycler and trash receptacle. Manufactured out of heavy duty aluminum. Will not rust. Can be finished in any of our Hammertone Powdercoat finishes. Hinged lid for easy access to liner”
-Intrex online catalog
Source image: http://www.intrexfurniture.com/products/product_detail.php?item=152
Ecological Engineer
Ongoing Mixed Media Series
Ink, graphite, colored pencil and carbon transfer on paper
8.5 x 11”
Buffalo Head Source: Harper’s Magazine, artist unknown
As the keystone species of the North America’s Great Plains, Bison bison bison shaped America’s prarie grassland ecological system for millenniums. Before man re-shaped this vast ecosystem with sprawling networks of housing, agriculture, industry and infrastructure, the American Bison were the crucial player in maintaining this delicately balanced land of grass, fire, and migrating herds.
Only 1% of America’s “pre-discovery” prairie grasslands remain today. Only 15,000 “wild” buffalo remain today, down from an estimated 80 million buffalo in the mid-1800’s. Now there are two good reasons to put a “bison head on an end of stick” if there ever was one.
“Mama Said Knock You Out!”
Ink, graphite, colored pencil, scan underlay, photoshop adjustment
7x7”
“In Cornwall, Connecticut, and wherever iron was made in the Birkshires, you may still see where burning mounds were: the hardwood is coming back in those hills, except for the chestnut, which reaches about ten feet before it browns and succumbs to the blight of 1904” (Sloane, 1965). In the words of LL Cool J, “Don’t call it a comeback…”
Bibliography
Sloane, Eric. A Reverence for Wood, Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1965.
Ladies Love Cool James, “Mama Said Knock You Out,” Mama Said Knock You Out, Def Jam/Columbia/CBS Records, 1990. 12” Single.
“Size 10 Spontaneous Urban Intervention”
Guerrilla Planting Proposal
Ink, graphite, colored pencil and paper
8.5 x 11”
Spontaneous vegetation nails a slam dunk in a pair of Nike Air Force 1’s, in Roxbury, Massachusetts.
Seed mix: Achillea millefolium, Aster (Symphytrichum) pilosus, Cichorium intybus, Leucanthemum vulgare, Tanacetum vulgare, Rudbeckia hirta, Lotus corniculatus,Trifolium hybridum,Trifolium repens,Vicia cracca, Lolium perenne (based on Peter Del Tredici’s cosmopolitan urban meadow mix)
Bibliography
Del Tredici, Peter. Spontaneous Urban Vegetation : Reflections of Change in a Globalized World. Nature and Culture, 2010.
Kühn, Norbert. Intentions for the Unintentional Spontaneous Vegetation as the Basis for Innovative Planting Design in Urban Areas. Journal of Landscape Architecture, Berlin, Autumn 2006.
Jorgensen, Anna. The social and cultural context of ecological plantings. In: Dunnett, Nigel, and James Hitchmough (eds.), The Dynamic Landscape: Design, Ecology and Management of Naturalistic Urban Planting. London: Taylor & Francis, 2004.
Erratic Wisconsinan Gift
Ink, graphite, colored pencil and carbon transfer on paper
8.5 x 11”
Gift wrapping can totally make the gift. Add a ribbon and a quick Geology 101 and the big boulder is now a glacial erratic from the last ice age.
Bibliography
Jorgensen, Neil. A Sierra Club Naturalist’s Guide; Southern New England. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. 1978.
Thorson, Robert M. Stone by Stone; The Magnificent History in New England’s Stone Walls. New York: Walker & Company. 2002.
