Incinerations Cameos

This work comes from my *Incinerations* series, which examines fire as a force of both destruction and renewal. The cameos are created by selectively collecting and pressing wildflowers between sheets of glass and firing them in a kiln, where extreme heat becomes an active collaborator—heat acting as an agent of transformation that echoes the conditions of a wildfire. During firing, the organic material is incinerated, leaving behind carbonized impressions and smoke-fumed biodomes formed by expanding bubbles of biomatter. These ephemeral traces serve as evidence of change: records of nature altered through heat. Encased in glass and framed in metal, the work functions as a quiet beacon, holding tension between fragility and permanence. It reflects my ongoing engagement with wildfire-impacted landscapes of the Pacific Northwest and considers how loss, memory, and regeneration coexist within cycles of environmental change and the struggles humanity faces to live in harmony with nature.