By playing with scale and material in this piece, the artist hopes to elevate and showcase the minute details of the natural world. She strives to connect these elements to the foods that we enjoy; a subtle reminder that the translucent beauty of a bee's wing is responsible for the honey we drizzle into our tea, that the mossy log has contributed to the rich flavor of a mushroom, and that the texture of a shell can be as beautifully intricate as the flavor of the oyster it contains. 

This installation was conceptualized and created for Adorn Restaurant located within Four Seasons Chicago. The piece began with objects and materials foraged from a local forest; these delicate pieces were then photographed with a macro lens and transferred to glass pieces. Each glass, brass, and mica piece was hand cut and installed on brass finishing nails by the artist. Each piece floats off of the wall, creating a relief that calls to mind the layered and organic density of the forest floor from which these items were foraged.

Created as a companion piece to the Adorn Column Installation pictured above, the below sculptural piece Mycelium adds a focal point to the Adorn host stand. This piece features the same materials, but focuses and elevates the selected images by increasing the scale and reducing the density of the pieces. This allows the viewer to admire the subtle color variations of the eucalyptus bark and the undulating striations of the mushroom spores featured. The selection of these 2 images speaks to the unseen collaboration between trees and mycelial networks that keep our ecosystems thriving.