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First guest of Studio M* is a fallen limb (balsam poplar) found by Michael post windstorm from the Humpy Hollow Park next door in October 2017.

 

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Taking our guest back outside to begin to transform it into art in November 2017.

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Returning to the site of the fall in Humpy Hollow Park we engage a spontaneous art installation with the cut fallen limb.

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Energy lines uniting the cut fragments of the fallen limb.

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The completed installation honouring the magic of the fallen limb.

 

Fallen Limb Digital Iteration

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Spontaneous digital composite of the fallen limb documentation that reflects parallel journeys of artists at Studio M*.

All documentation photos taken by Barbara Bickel. Digital composition created by R. Michael Fisher.

The artists thank the balsam poplar for sharing its fallen limb with us as a way to connect with the ancestry of the land that Studio M* is housed upon.