The 4 Elements Jeanne Drevas Earth, the Spiral Pine needles, bird netting Artist's Statement Just as birds, mice and beavers use the materials around them for their nests, I use what I have always known, the gleanings of the forest and fields of the Piedmont area of Virginia. The processes of gleaning and re-use seem to me practical, familiar, economical, natural. My work helps pull me back into what I, and most people, have left behind: existing in nature. My senses spend days immersed in the hues and perfection of a thousand acorns, in the texture of tree bark, in the fragrance of mounds of pine needles. I take my humanness and listen to what each of these materials is telling me to do. It is a delicate balance, my DNA and theirs, my will and theirs. The spiral is an archetypal form found in nature and in many human cultures to depict eternity. Return to list of participating artists.

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