Our Plant Community: A Salmon Creek Farm Collaborative Field Guide
2018-2020
136 pages, 8.5 x 8.5 in, printed on a Riso EZ590U in 5 colors, exposed Smythe stitch binding with rainbow thread, vellum bristol paper, edition of 150. Made in collaboration with Fritz Haeg. Printing by A Magic Mountain. Binding and finishing by The Key Printing and Binding.
Our Plant Community: A Salmon Creek Farm Collaborative Field Guide is a collection of drawings and descriptions of sixty flora found at Salmon Creek Farm in Albion, CA. The field guide was created during three gatherings facilitated by Alex Arzt in May 2018, May 2019, and December 2019 by twenty participants. The original drawings were made on watercolor paper with india ink, pen, and natural pigments. They were then scanned and printed on the Risograph machine to create this compilation. This project was made with a spirit of curiosity and amateurism in order to forge a deeper connection to the place through the plants, all the while building a resource to be utilized by visitors and residents of the Northern California Coastal Forests.
Drawing and contributions by Alex Arzt, Anne Beck, Nicolaus Chaffin, Jade Chang, Nick Gueli, Nissa Gustafson, Katie Holten, Lucas Ihlein, Colter Jacobsen, Dionne Lee, Poppy Litchfield, Kate McNeely, Shawn Newman, Ray Redding, Solange Roberdeau, Titian Rutkin, Katherine Rutter, Anna Schneider, Gabi Sheerer, Kim Williams, Sichong Xie
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