Mixed Media > Inflorescence

altered books, wheat grass, wooden boxes
varying sizes
2002

plant, sculpture, one of a kind, altered book, altered text, bookwork, book, bookworks, unique book, altered book, alter, altered, installation, one of a kind, power tools
Inflorescence

altered books, wheat grass, wooden boxes
varying sizes
2002
plant, sculpture, one of a kind, altered book, altered text, bookwork, book, bookworks, unique book, altered book, alter, altered, installation, one of a kind, power tools
Inflorescence: Etymology

altered books, wheat grass, wooden boxes
16 x 20 x 5 in.
2002
plant, sculpture, one of a kind, altered book, altered text, bookwork, book, bookworks, unique book, altered book, alter, altered, installation, one of a kind, power tools
Inflorescence: Etymology

altered books, wheat grass, wooden boxes
16 x 20 x 5 in.
2002
plant, sculpture, one of a kind, altered book, altered text, bookwork, book, bookworks, unique book, altered book, alter, altered, installation, one of a kind, power tools
Inflorescence: Etymology

altered books, wheat grass, wooden boxes
16 x 20 x 5 in.
2002
plant, sculpture, one of a kind, altered book, altered text, bookwork, book, bookworks, unique book, altered book, alter, altered, installation, one of a kind, power tools
Inflorescence: Genesis

altered books, wheat grass, wooden boxes
11 x 14 x 5 in.
2002
plant, sculpture, one of a kind, altered book, altered text, bookwork, book, bookworks, unique book, altered book, alter, altered, installation, one of a kind, power tools
Inflorescence: Genesis

altered books, wheat grass, wooden boxes
11 x 14 x 5 in.
2002

Seed Words and Genesis are works in my Inflorescence series. Inflorescence, meaning “bloom,” refers to the plant world—but also, by extension, to books rediscovered in the context of the series. In the digital age, the printed and bound book, though still highly functional and aesthetically appealing, has become in many respects an antiquated engineering practice. Nevertheless, the book retains the power to propagate information, seed new ideas, take root, and even grow and change over time in the mind of the reader. To come upon shoots and “leaves” sprouting and blossoming amid a more familiar kind of seedbed or “plot” is to renew our sense of the book’s perennial force.