Time Line

Size: 19. 5 x 12 x .5 inches when folded closed. When open it can be up to 19.5 inches x 16 feet.
Materials: Japanese kozo paper, pigment dye, gelatin, ink, fabric, glue
Artist Book Structure: Accordion
Production/Printing Method: Hand drawn and hand written.
Edition: Unique

This landscape is a metaphor for a timeline, a graphic representation of the passage of time. It represents climate change and its increasing rate of impact on our earth. We perceive geological features such as mountains and land masses to be immutable, only changing over millennia as continental plates shift or mountains erode. Instead, it is changeable, becoming more and more fluid. A chain of events after an intense burn can trigger landslides and substantial erosion, leading to deeply incised rivers, nutrient loss, and further impact.  This landscape was drawn to preserve a moment in time, and simultaneously mark the passage of time through space.

This book was hand-drawn at Washington Pass with ink and a folded-nib pen on dyed and sized Kozo paper. It was created as part of the CHA CHA artist residency made possible by Icicle Fund together with Methow Arts, and for Science Stories, a collaborative project between book artists and scientists, generously supported by the University of Puget Sound. Dr. Peter Wimberger was an advisor for the project. The book was bound by Julia Weese-Young. This is copy one of one.