HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015 (detail)
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015 (detail)
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015 (detail)
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015 (detail)
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015 (detail)
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015 (detail)
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015 (detail)
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
HIGHWAY 49 / YUBA PASS, 2015 (detail)
Cotton thread, graphite and tracing paper, on cotton cheesecloth | 57 1/2 x 80 x 1 1/2 inches
CEMETERY MONEY PENNY, 2015
Lunaria annua seed pods, dried Ranger’s Buttons, Cow Parsley, cotton, gold thread, rose quartz, pyrite (fools gold,) wood, matte medium, Japanese watercolor, mohair, grasses, Echinacea seed pods, cotton thread | 76 x 89 x 3 inches
CEMETERY MONEY PENNY, 2015 (detail)
Lunaria annua seed pods, dried Ranger’s Buttons, Cow Parsley, cotton, gold thread, rose quartz, pyrite (fools gold,) wood, matte medium, Japanese watercolor, mohair, grasses, Echinacea seed pods, cotton thread | 76 x 89 x 3 inches
CEMETERY MONEY PENNY, 2015 (detail)
Lunaria annua seed pods, dried Ranger’s Buttons, Cow Parsley, cotton, gold thread, rose quartz, pyrite (fools gold,) wood, matte medium, Japanese watercolor, mohair, grasses, Echinacea seed pods, cotton thread | 76 x 89 x 3 inches
CEMETERY MONEY PENNY, 2015 (detail)
Lunaria annua seed pods, dried Ranger’s Buttons, Cow Parsley, cotton, gold thread, rose quartz, pyrite (fools gold,) wood, matte medium, Japanese watercolor, mohair, grasses, Echinacea seed pods, cotton thread | 76 x 89 x 3 inches
CEMETERY MONEY PENNY, 2015 (detail)
Lunaria annua seed pods, dried Ranger’s Buttons, Cow Parsley, cotton, gold thread, rose quartz, pyrite (fools gold,) wood, matte medium, Japanese watercolor, mohair, grasses, Echinacea seed pods, cotton thread | 76 x 89 x 3 inches
ROADSIDE, 2015
Tracing paper, graphite frontage, cotton thread, nylon tulle, wood, silk, stainless steel, wool, mohair | 78 x 50 x 5 inches
ROADSIDE, 2015
Tracing paper, graphite frontage, cotton thread, nylon tulle, wood, silk, stainless steel, wool, mohair | 78 x 50 x 5 inches
HORIZON, 2005-2014
Acrylic, Japanese watercolor, raw silk yarn, silk with stainless steel yarn, and mohair yarn, on paper | 30 ½ x 44 ½ inches
HORIZON, 2005-2014 (detail)
Acrylic, Japanese watercolor, raw silk yarn, silk with stainless steel yarn, and mohair yarn, on paper | 30 ½ x 44 ½ inches
WINTER WILLOW, 2015
Japanese watercolor on paper | 9 x 12 inches
BUTTES, 2015
India ink on paper
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
In the Summer of 2014, Cooper moved her studio to a small A-frame belonging to her family in Tahoe National Forest, taking the art practice she evolved in her garden and immersing it into the mountain landscape she has known since childhood. She spent an extended time walking and exploring the mountain topography of the High Sierras, collecting specimens of grasses, wildflowers, and black bear fur. These specimens of plants and fur are worked together with stitched topographical maps of the site where they were collected.
