Ebb and Flow IX: Nashua River

Watch the video walkthrough of this piece installed at the Fitchburg Art Museum, copy & paste the link below into your internet browser:

https://vimeo.com/828781507

The ninth iteration of the Ebb and Flow installation series, based on the Nashua River watershed denitrification maps and its industrial paper mill history.

For the paper fiber, I used the displaced pondweed water chestnut (Trapa natans), which is a problem plant in the area, and the ever-familiar Japanese knotweed. Also, it was a first for me to use only natural and foraged colors; I experimented with making my own black walnut dyes, iron oxide inks, and golden rod lake pigments.

About the Ebb & Flow Series
A series of installations created collaboratively and individually by Megan Singleton and May Babcock. Ebb and Flow is based on research into dendritic waterways and plants found in local landscapes. The geomorphology and plant ecologies of the area are the inspiration for the installation of handmade paper, in not only how it shapes space, but also in the imagery and paper pulp used. As both site-specific and place-based installations, unique iterations of Ebb and Flow have been installed in both gallery and public spaces across the country.

View the Ebb & Flow catalog at: https://www.maybabcock.com/ebb-and-flow