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CARBON SINK ART PROJECT :
Phase 1 Completed
 October 1 2024 to Sept 30 2025
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

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With this project,  I will be exploring, working with, and accessing similarities, contradictions, ethics, specific material qualities, and family traditions. I will be experimenting with organic materials that can be composted and that can hold many forms, purposes, and functions. At the same time, I will be mitigating environmental degradation. By experimentally making charcoal with the remains of consumed foods – coffee, avocado pits and skins, and eggshells for example – I will search and play with the qualities of each substance to develop both mediums to work with and content for my artwork.

Coniferous Cones

28/4/2025

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Collections : Fir Cone collected in my backyard for charoaling ink experimentation. Blue Willow Pottery collected for its historical, aesthetic qualities and alternative possible functions.
My backyard fir cones are turning out to be one of the best, darkest and finest materials to play with. The sheer intact beauty of the carbon left behind after charring, is extraordinary. And the fine powder left after processing is also beautiful to work with.
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One Cup of Coffee

16/4/2025

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One Cup of spent and charcoaled coffee grounds to make paint with.....
Paintings in Progress, charcoaled coffee grounds paint on Mulberry paper, various sizes
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Bone Black

1/4/2025

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Taking apart owl pellet found in our backyard, to charcoal and make bone black paint.
Deer ribs found on beaches of Haida Gwaii - Various bones found and charcoaled from owl pellets
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Materials

1/4/2025

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Making  charcoal and bio char every morning. Turned off the gas furnace and heating the house with our wood stove only until October. Every time we make a fire in our living room wood stove, we make charcoal, from owl pellets, spent coffee grounds, bark from backyard trees, grape vines from backyard, bamboo, thistle seed pods, found fish bones, toilet paper inner tubes, pine cones and acorn caps.....
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    Visual Artist Experimenting with Carbon. Living and working on Stolo Nation Territory, Agassiz, BC, Canada

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  • Carbon Sink Art Project
  • Installation
  • Residencies
  • Painting
    • Cardboard Series
    • Landscape
    • Islands
    • Birds and Angels
    • Sketchbook
    • Collaborations
  • Exhibitions
  • DIY
  • Work
  • Contact Info
  • Blog