[APWG] Any ARTS and CRAFTS?

Fri Oct 17 09:48:53 CDT 2003

We made tye-dye shirts with garlic mustard. It is an excellent dye.
The girl scouts removed garlic mustard from a large area and then 
dyed their shirts in large buckets. Simmer cut plants one hour, 
pre-mordant one hour with aluminum potassium sulfate, dye one 
hour (simmer).

Marc 

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From: Thiele6336 at aol.com 
To: craig at ecoseeds.com ; plant at plantconservation.org ; apwg at lists.plantconservation.org 
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [APWG] Any ARTS and CRAFTS?

I haven't seen any responses on the list-serve to the "any songs" "any crafts" "any jokes" questions.  I think others would also be interested in this type of thing and I think they should be shared with everyone on the list-serve --  so if you are responding to Craig's question, please reply to all (or at least to me as well).  It's through arts and crafts, songs, etc. that we educate and light the fire particularly in the next generation.

Kathy Thiele, State President - Missouri Native Plant Society
4 Rodelle Woods
Weldon Spring, MO 63304
(636)-300-9290
thiele6336 at aol.com 

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dear craig and all

For 12 years I have worked as an Environmental Public Artist. Based in England, I have undertake in excess of 35 Public Art commissions and residences within the UK and internationally. My practice includes sculpture, new technologies and media, Live Art, and photography.

Working within and responding to the environment, I became increasingly aware of the necessity for my work to be scientifically informed to be able to disseminate environmental issues and debates. This lead to initiating collaborations and working partnerships with ecologists and environmental scientists. Through collaboration I have found that the factual information imparted is condensed, and digested in lay terms.  As a non-scientist, I am able to translate scientific data into an aesthetic and visual interpretation that can inform a non-science audience.
For the past 12 months, I have been collaborating with a plant ecologist who has been researching invasive non-native plant species for over eight years. Our collaborative work is a hybrid, an area where art and science blur. We are exploring the shifting sands that lie between artists¹ practice, scientific evidence and social values: the links between inquiry and unspoken assumptions in the context of invasive alien species. These relationships provide an inspirational framework for a creative interaction between artist, scientist, and audience in a mutual learning process. Our work aims to engage the public in a very direct manner. It does not attempt to deal with environmental management or treating the symptom, it challenges the cause  us. Our aim is to extend the consideration of global transport of plants by human activities and the reactions surrounding their arrival and acceptance. Our Science and Art collaborations examine methods of developing understanding, and positive methods of dealing with perceived environmental problems, and involving the public in the process. The art outcomes presented to a wide and diverse audience/public beg the question 
What will we do if we know the facts as evidenced by scientific research?

Collaborative Aims

  a.. To explore and communicate issues surrounding biodiversity and alien species 
  b.. To challenge and advance perceptions of ecology 
  c.. To challenge and advance perceptions of Sci/Art collaborative practice 
  d.. To support, stimulate and advance ongoing ecological research into impacts of alien species on the native flora and fauna in the UK 
  e.. To fuel a synergy of ongoing art and science collaborative research 
  f.. To evidence new research through art production and exhibition 
  g.. To reflect contemporary practice and research in each discipline 
  h.. To investigate previously unexplored areas of research 
  i.. To develop new means of evidencing scientific data; artwork that intrigues and disseminates scientific information 
  j.. Raises public awareness of the impacts of globalization 
  k.. To engage, involve, and inform all generations 
  l.. To provoke questions around ones involvement in the changing of the landscape 
  m.. To make people think about the ³impact of their actions²

If you wish to know more about our work, research, and commissions, we are presenting a poster at the IPINAMS-EMAPI7 Conference in Florida, USA, November 2003, and will be happy to explain more about our collaborative practice.

kerry morrison - artist

> THE WEEK OF OCT 12-OCT 18 QUESTION: ARTS & CRAFTS
> 
> Dear All,
> 
> I have a question about ARTS & CRAFTS:
> 
> Regarding exotic weed management or ecological restoration, has anyone
> produced any arts and/or crafts related to either of those activities?
> 
> Specifically, pieces made out of weeds and/or native plants (baskets,
> weavings, mobiles, etc.), or depicted the process of weed management or
> ecological restoration in oil paintings, water colors, ceramic art, or
> any other artistic medium?
> 
> Sincerely,  Craig Dremann, The Reveg Edge (650) 325-7333
> 
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