leaf impressions
Scattered among the many markings that cover the surface of urban sidewalks, you can find impressions left by leaves that fall into wet concrete when sidewalks are newly poured.
In autumn of 2019, I created relief molds by pressing plasticine clay directly into the sidewalk leaf impression that I discovered on my daily walks. The relief prints were made by rolling black ink onto the surface of the imprinted plasticine.
Leaf Impressions (4x4 grid)
Near NE intersect. of 5th Street SE at 12th Street SE (white oak (catkin))
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
Between Upper Buford Circle NE and Department of Entomology (scots pine)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
Between Upper Buford Circle (west) and Lot S 106 (bur oak)
relief print on paper, 7.5 x 6 inches, 2019
Near NE end of sidewalk bisecting The Knoll (white ash)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
8th Ave SE between University Ave and 2nd Street NE (common hackberry)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
2nd Street SE, between 6th and 7th Ave SE (american linden (bract))
relief print on paper, 7.5 x 6 inches, 2019
Plymouth Ave and West River Road, SE intersection (oak species)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
University Ave, between 12th and 13th Ave SE, (american elm)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
Between Buford and SE corner of McNeal Hall (honey locust)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
Pleasant St SE in front of Appleby Hall (sugar maple)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
Plymouth Ave N and West River Road, SE intersection (littleleaf linden)
relief print on paper, 7.5 x 6 inches, 2019
Pilsbury Drive SE, near Civil Engineering Building (common hackberry)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
2nd Street SE, between 6th and 7th Ave SE (american linden (bract)) 2
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
Plymouth Ave N and West River Road, SE intersection (unidentified, maybe linden)
relief print on paper, 7.5 x 6 inches, 2019
Pleasant St SE in front of Appleby Hall (sugar maple (samara))
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019
NE corner of 4th Street SE, 35W overpass (white oak)
relief print on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2019