ʻOlaʻa (with detail)

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Artist: Mary Babcock

Title: ʻOlaʻa (with detail)

Attribution: ʻOlaʻa, 2022, Mary Babcock

Year: 2022

Materials: hand-stitched and laminated household wax paper, thread

Dimensions: 84" x 144"

Image Statement: Patterned after aerial mappings of vulnerable ohia-lehua forests- keystone tree of Hawaii’s native forests and watershed - used by scientists work to uncover the vectors in the spread of Rapid Ohia Death. The work explores the dual edge of human intervention.