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06 - 2022

Meadow Lines uses geospatial data produced by walking to generate scripts for design intervention. In 2019 I began to transform a one-acre industrial soybean field in central Ohio into a publicly accessible meadow by mapping dozens of my walks through the site that respond to vegetative growth, micro-topographies, species emergence and other ecological conditions. 

07 - 2022

narrowleaf mountain mint
pycnanthemum tenuifolium

smooth white beardtongue
penstemon digitalis

06 - 2022

translation of GPS paths of movement;
laser etching on paper

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I record the route of each walk via GPS. I analyze the patterns of these walks and respond with maintenance decisions that include seeding, weeding, and the mowing of paths. I can walk across the meadow when its grasses are low and imprint the memory of that movement into the field by mowing its trail. Later, evidence of these interventions remains as bands of vigorous growth and distinct combinations of species.

These paths are a type of drawing, but possess a critical spatial and sensory dimension that distinguishes them: they become drawings to move through.

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grown-over paths

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07 - 2023

plant monotype

07 - 2023

plant monotype; common mallow

08 - 2023

before mowing

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roots of Echinacea purpurea

roots of Sorghastrum nutans

roots of Lonicera maackii

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30 walks through the meadow taken between 2019 and 2022

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paths recorded while drawing in
the meadow in autumn of 2023

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invasive foxtail weighed down with snow

01 - 2021

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02 - 2024

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the meadow covered in early morning frost in february

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controlled burn at the meadow 

04 - 2024

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In April 2024 I acquired the necessary permits to perform a controlled burn of the one-acre meadow. Burning is important in controlling the growth of woody vegetation, managing invasive species and can also stimulate new growth of native plant species. 

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after the burn

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04 - 2024

paths recorded while reseeding the meadow with students after the controlled burn

05 - 2024

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05 - 2024

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