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Ebb and Flow Collection from May Babcock

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Ebb and Flow VII by May Babcock
Ebb and Flow VII by May Babcock
Ebb and Flow VII by May Babcock
Ebb and Flow VII by May Babcock
Ebb and Flow VII by May Babcock
Ebb and Flow VII by May Babcock
Ebb and Flow VII by May Babcock
Ebb and Flow VII by May Babcock
  • May Babcock
  • Ebb and Flow VII
  • Artist-made paper pulp from abaca, Woonasquatucket River mud and Providence wild urban plants
  • 108 x 300 x 2 in
  • $15,000

Part of the exhibition, ReSeeding the City and an attendant community forum, created to expose and explore a range of responses to the often contending forces of people and plants in the urban setting. Ebb and Flow VII is made from handmade paper crafted of local waste plant fibers, expressing the changing nature of Providence’s rivers, by collaborating artists May Babcock and Megan Singleton. Newly created for this exhibition, this dramatic installation is a nearly 25-foot long wall relief of handmade paper pulp harvested from local plant fibers, Woonasquatucket River mud, and wild urban plants. It wends its way across the entrance wall, following the dendritic paths of the Woonasquatucket River’s watershed map. The accompanying cyanotype diptych, Ebb and Flow VII: After Anna, uses plant pressing of wild urban plants to create the photogram silhouette. Over 40 species were documented along the road by the artist’s Providence studio.