scatter language

SCATTER LANGUAGE  Graphite drawings of random patterns of trimmings from a photo of a willow tree cast onto a table eighteen times. Shown here are twelve castings. 2020 

Calligraphic symbols that embody the spirit of the tree that cradled my installation, Willow Scarf  in its branches at California Botanic Garden in 2010.  Each ideograph is named after a characteristic of this native plant. Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis) 

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© Pamela Burgess 2026