11’x16’
Reclaimed wood (fallen trees from hurricanes, pallets, salvaged cherry, red maple mahogany, ipe, locust, and charred wood from the 2017 Sonoma fires)
As forests are removed for the global timber trade, they follow a path on board ships, trucks and trains. The objects we hold in our hands, floors we saunter across, tables we eat upon, connect us to ecosystems and economies that may be far afield. Mahogany and Ipe are two south American woods that are highly desirable (historically and in the present) for fine furniture, woodwork, and floors. Both species grow sparsely, interspersed throughout great swaths of dense rainforest. These species are often farmed and the logging is regulated but these precious woods are prime candidates for illegal logging and the ecological devastation that comes with it.