Great Salt Cove Macroalgae
Great Salt Cove Macroalgae is inspired by research into red seaweed species found in Narragansett Bay, and Great Salt Cove, a body of briny water that once covered a portion of what is now downtown Providence. This group of large-scale handmade paper pulp paintings is based on Macroalgae, a series of seaweed pressings, and maps of this historic waterway. Pulp paintings are images made entirely of paper, by pigmenting pulps made from plants. These works have been displayed both in downtown Providence, Rhode Island and T.F. Green Airport.
Materials: Artist-made paper pulp painting from flax, kozo, seaweed, and cotton paper scrap waste.
Dimensions: 3 at 10 ft. x 8 ft.
Installation Sites
2019, Green Space Gallery, T.F. Green Airport
June 2018, Outdoor Public Art for PVDFest
This public art installation was generously supported by PVDFest, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, The City of Providence Department of Art Culture and Tourism, and the Rhode Island Airport Corporation.