Permafrost Melt in the Boreal Forest
Ree Nancarrow
72 x 59 inches
2021
ARTIST STATEMENT
This piece was inspired by a walk through the boreal forest near Fairbanks, Alaska. The forest has grown on top of permanently frozen ground called permafrost. Permafrost is made up of ice mixed in with soil. As it melts due to our increasingly warming climate, the ground collapses, allowing rainwater to collect in increasingly larger and deeper depressions. The trees and underbrush lean sideways, making the forest an impenetrable mass.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES
Commercial cotton fabric, digital images, drawing, paintings, batting, Pigma pen, polyester thread
Custom-printed, hand-painted, stenciled, machine pieced, free motion quilted