THEA CLARK

30”h x 42”w x 5”d

Fallen branches, cotton bed sheet, vintage quilt, repurposed garments, wood, metal, found reflector

GROW Residency August 2022

48” h X 23”w x 2”d

Vitreous enamel on copper, cotton bed sheet, sewn and soil dyed, wood.

GROW Residency August 2022

38”h x 15”w x 6”d

Fallen branch, cotton sheet, cyanotype on paper and silk, rope, mica, flood plain maps, found object

Made during GROW Residency August 2022

Cyanotype on paper, collage, mica, found wood, cotton, metal

Installation, 8.5’h x8’w , cotton bed sheet, sewn, soil dyed, found photographs.

GROW Residency, August 2022

One cotton bedsheet, Carolina soil, water (4’ x 4’)

“Axial Bifurcation” describes having two heads.This title refers to how mankind is of two minds in our relationship to nature, either treasuring or trampling it. Utilizing wood planks which can be read as 3 dimensional map coordinates, or as aerial views of encroaching roadways. The asphalt shingles on these forms vie for territory on a constricted surface, limiting the space available for artificial turf grass and cyanotypes of branch imagery to spring from cracks, a simulacrum of nature in an urban landscape.

In a different configuration part of the solo installation "The Quick and the Deep", the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, 2014.

10" w x 6" h x 2"d

wood, acoustic tile, artificial grass, cyanotype on silk, nails

Acoustic ceiling tile, asphalt shingle, wood, acrylic, artificial turf

7" w x8" h x 1.5"d

Wood, acrylic paint, asphalt shingles, acoustic tile, cyanotype on silk, coir, artificial grass, iron oxide.

Acoustic tile, wood, steel, mail, iron oxide, paper clay

10" w x 11" h x 3"d

wood box, steel, paper wood, found plastic, peridot, acoustic tile, acrylic paint, encaustic, wood