Early Language

Burning on wood.

48x36x1"

In this panel the symbols are burned into wood; a common substrate used by early peoples. This panel was inspired by the Petroglyphs on Petrified Wood along the Seismosaurus trail in the Ojito Wilderness in New Mexico. The petroglyphs along the Fossil Discovery Trail in Dinosaur National Monument were carved by indigenous people over a thousand years ago. The Fremont people, who lived in the area between 300 and 1300 CE, are credited with creating many of the petroglyphs. I foundnpieces of bark laying on the ground which I jigged together to make the frame.