Sacrificial Trees
A series of images and rubbings of healthy trees after they were cut down.
54-year old ash tree, cut down to make room for new residential construction. At the time, there were 5,736 vacant houses in that town; Eastside, Evansville, Indiana
Black ink rubbing of raw wood on white rice paper, 2013
Weeping Pine Stump, a healthy 60 years old at cutting, Huntington Library, California
Photograph, 2012
Maple tree, cut down when crew got the wrong address; Westside, Evansville, Indiana
Black ink rubbing of raw wood on white rice paper, 2013
Double trunk, 57-year old black walnut tree, cut down to grant road construction access through a neighborhood; Lloyd Expressway, Evansville, Indiana
Photograph after inking, digitally cropped, 2013
Double trunk, 57-year old black walnut tree, cut down to grant road construction access through a neighborhood; Lloyd Expressway, Evansville, Indiana
Black ink rubbing of raw wood on white rice paper, 2013