An ongoing body of work that reflects on suburban expansion and its environmental impact.

The works employ a printing method similar to a rubbing, placing sumac, black walnut and rust-dyed cloth over woodpecker cavities in an eastern hemlock tree and utilizing a natural dye removal process to create an impression of the bark around the hole. The tree stands between life and decay, marked by feeding holes; though structurally compromised the tree remains alive. 

What grounds the project is the connection between the act of removal and the idea of a home. The work utilizes four distinct cavities to represent the four primary types of suburban dwellings: single-detached, semi-detached, row houses and apartments. The negative imprint of the cavity transforms into the positive space of a residence. The holes in the trees become the homes in an imperfect suburb. 

Home, reclaimed bedding, organic cotton thread, foraged sumac, citric acid, rust-derived iron, dye-removal print using four woodpecker feeding cavities in an eastern hemlock tree. Each cavity print is taken directly off the surface of the tree, from the old-growth forest in The Arboretum at the University of Guelph, 123 x 168 in., 2024

Home 2, reclaimed bedding, foraged black walnut husks, citric acid, rust-derived iron, dye-removal print using four woodpecker feeding cavities in an eastern hemlock tree from the old-growth forest in The Arboretum at the University of Guelph, 88 x 90 in., 2025.