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Autumn – Leaves

All the falling leaves collected from one rhododendron shrub during the autumn of 2020, apart from the ones lost to the birds, wind, and river.

Shedden Clough Limestone Hushings, Worsthorne Moor

The South Pennines, England, UK

2020-2022

 

Autumn-Leaves is a layered photograph containing life size reproductions of all the falling leaves collected from one rhododendron shrub in the whole autumn of 2020.  The photograph is printed on archival Chinese rice paper, then produced by the best craftsmen in Shanghai into a traditional Chinese handscroll with silk linings.

The scroll is 610cm*32.5cm when fully open. The image area is 430cm in length. When rolled up for packing in the custom-made box, the scroll is 32.5cm in length, 6cm in diameter, and only 500 grams in weight.

The box itself is 37cm (L) * 12cm (W) * 10cm (H) and weighs 1100 grams.

The video here shows the installation of Autumn-Leaves at various exhibition venues.