Joan Webster-Vore
March of the Emerald Ash Borer, 2021
Screen, paint, thread, wire, paper, swivels, shadows 6' H x 4.5' W x 2' D
The emerald ash borer, an iridescent green, winged insect lays eggs in ash tree bark. When eggs hatch, larvae will eat into the bark creating squiggly patterns. The emerald ash borer has been migrating across North America feeding off the living tissue killing large populations of ash trees.
Joan Webster-Vore
March of the Emerald Ash Borer, detail, 2021
Screen, paint, thread, wire, paper, swivels, shadows 6' H x 4.5' W x 2' D
The emerald ash borer, an iridescent green, winged insect lays eggs in ash tree bark. When eggs hatch, larvae will eat into the bark creating squiggly patterns. The emerald ash borer has been migrating across North America feeding off the living tissue killing large populations of ash trees.
Joan Webster-Vore
Shadows IV, 2021
screen, stitching, paint, shadows 38" H x 63" W x 10" D
Inspired by Mola's, layers of screens are painted, cut into, and hand stitched together. It hangs 10" from the wall allowing shadows to be an extra layer.
Joan Webster-Vore
Shadows IV. detail, 2021
screen, stitching, paint, shadows 38" H x 63" W x 10" D
Inspired by Mola's, layers of screens are painted, cut into, and hand stitched together. It hangs 10" from the wall allowing shadows to be an extra layer.
Joan Webster-Vore
TicTacCo(vid), 2020
Screen, paint, thread, string, shadows 40"H x 36" W x 10" D
TicTacCo(vid). It's all about balance. The virus, like us, just wants to survive.
Joan Webster-Vore
Wishes, 2015
paper, acrylic paint, wire, thread, reflections/shadows 8' H X 17' W X 9' D
'Wishes don’t make it happen' was inspired by the story of the extinction of the passenger pigeon. Over 100 years ago 3 - 5 billion passenger pigeons vanished from the sky, a quarter of the bird population on this continent. When I first learned about the enormity of what happened and how so few people knew, I felt compelled to respond. In the case of the passenger pigeon, decisions were made over one hundred years ago that tipped their odds of survival.
Joan Webster-Vore
Wishes don’t make it happen. detail, 2015
paper, acrylic paint, wire, thread, shadows 8' H X 17' W X 9' D
'Wishes don’t make it happen' was inspired by the story of the extinction of the passenger pigeon. Over 100 years ago 3 - 5 billion passenger pigeons vanished from the sky, a quarter of the bird population on this continent. When I first learned about the enormity of what happened and how so few people knew, I felt compelled to respond. In the case of the passenger pigeon, decisions were made over one hundred years ago that tipped their odds of survival.
Joan Webster-Vore
Wishes don’t make it happen (alternate installation), 2015
paper, acrylic paint, wire, thread, shadows 8' H X 17' W X 9' D
'Wishes don’t make it happen' was inspired by the story of the extinction of the passenger pigeon. Over 100 years ago 3 - 5 billion passenger pigeons vanished from the sky, a quarter of the bird population on this continent. When I first learned about the enormity of what happened and how so few people knew, I felt compelled to respond. In the case of the passenger pigeon, decisions were made over one hundred years ago that tipped their odds of survival.
Joan Webster-Vore
Wishes don’t make it happen, alternate location., 2015
paper, acrylic paint, wire, thread, lead weights, shadows 8' H X 17' W X 9' D
'Wishes don’t make it happen' was inspired by the story of the extinction of the passenger pigeon. Over 100 years ago 3 - 5 billion passenger pigeons vanished from the sky, a quarter of the bird population on this continent. When I first learned about the enormity of what happened and how so few people knew, I felt compelled to respond. In the case of the passenger pigeon, decisions were made over one hundred years ago that tipped their odds of survival.