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mixed media works

Cabinet Cards

Mourning Jewellery

Lachrymatories

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View cabinet cards made to commemorate our lost ash trees. Cabinet cards were "calling cards" made during the early days of photography.

Lachrymatories

Mourning Jewellery

Lachrymatories

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Lachrymatories (fabled tear catchers) made from resin and ash commemorate our lost ash trees.

Mourning Jewellery

Mourning Jewellery

Mourning Jewellery

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View mourning jewellery created to commemorate our lost ash trees.

Memorial Cards

Ash Tree History: Altered Narratives

Mourning Jewellery

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View memorial cards created to commemorate our lost ash trees.

Mourning Objects (misc.)

Ash Tree History: Altered Narratives

Ash Tree History: Altered Narratives

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View mourning items created to commemorate our lost ash trees.

Ash Tree History: Altered Narratives

Ash Tree History: Altered Narratives

Ash Tree History: Altered Narratives

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View altered poetry, newspaper articles, ads, etc. that create an alternative narrative valuing the lives of our trees.

Phragmites Shrouds

Cultivation and Conquest

Phragmites Shrouds

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Herbarium

Cultivation and Conquest

Phragmites Shrouds

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Cultivation and Conquest

Cultivation and Conquest

Cultivation and Conquest

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Shadowboxes

Shadowboxes

Cultivation and Conquest

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Cabinet Cards

Introduced in the late 19th century, cabinet cards consisted of a photograph mounted on heavy card. These cabinet cards memorialize the lost ash trees of Canatara. 


Digitally altered photographs mounted on antique photographic cards, 2017

Lachrymatories

Now thought to be mythical, lachrymatories are said to have been vials that were designed to catch the tears of a mourner. It was said that when the vial was full, the period of mourning was over.


These lachrymatories are made using resin, wood chips, seeds, and the ashes from burnt ash wood, 2017

Mourning Jewellery

Mourning jewellery, often made from the deceased's hair or from materials like jet, was common pre-20th-Century. These pieces of mourning jewellery were made to commemorate the lost ash trees. 


Materials include found jewellery, photographs, resin, ash from ash trees, wood curls and wood chips from ash trees, 2017

Memorial Cards

Memorial Cards are still used today to commemorate a lost loved one. These memorial cards were made to commemorate the lives of our lost ash trees.


Re-purposed antique memorial cards, 2017

Mourning Objects (misc.)

Various items made to commemorate the lost ash trees.


Found objects, wood chips, ash, glass, resin, mixed media, 2017

Altered Narratives

Altered newspaper articles, ads, photo albums, etc. create an alternative narrative valuing the lives of our trees.

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