Participating Artists: at Carkeek Park: Anette Lusher April Lelia Thendara Kida Gee Chris Papa Barbara De Pirro Gabriel Brown Aaron Haba Brian Gerich Miguel Edwards By Hand Fiber Consortium Reginald Brooks Stephen Rock Zucker, Turner, Jacobson Peppé Julie Lindell Matt Babcock at Point Shilshole Beach: David Francis Dan Smith Sylwia Tur Eden Rivers Teresa Burrelsman Sponsored by: Center on Contemporary Art Carkeek Park Advisory Council Seattle Parks and Recreation Associated Recreational Council Supported by: 4Culture Site Specific Seattle Mayor's Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs QFC Potter Construction		Site 12: Stephen Rock Seattle, Washington Conversation with a Forest 2011 Conversation with a Forest is an observance of our relationship with nature. This piece is intended to get visitors to the park looking at the natural beauty around us in new and interesting ways. Through the use of repurposed materials, visitors will make connections about the value we put on our natural resources. By drawing on the Japanese "borrowed view" concept in which distant landscapes are often integrated into a structured environment, this sculpture explores how materials, placement and setting frame our view of nature. For the last 6 years I have maintained a focus on reclaimed materials in my artwork. I find inspiration in the process of dismantling and reconfiguring materials. By tearing something apart you get to know the utilitarian intent of the object. By building art from these reclaimed parts, the creative process becomes one of paying tribute. These materials are not necessarily rare commodities or extreme in value, but are precious resources to be explored and reassembled into works of art.