Patch by Corinna

Creator: Corinna
Location: Babbacombe; Devon
Story: This multi-layered patch is made of silk, cotton, photographic transparency film, and beeswax, based on a photograph I made of a forest in Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada.

In many ways, it’s an ecological battleground. Here, trembling aspen, balsam poplar, white spruce, and lodgepole pine invade the grasslands, while trees are threatened by invasive species like dwarf mistletoe. Fire destroys, yet it increases plant diversity, attracts bees, and allows the lodgepole pine to reseed by melting the resin that seals its cones. So, the forest raises questions around terms like native and invasive, parasitism and mutualism.
Rights Holder: Corinna