Art in collaboration with nature

My name is Daley. I am a multimedia artist and farmer based in Northern Vermont. My work focuses on the dynamic and challenging relationship between humans and nature and the hopeful yet heartbreaking path towards harmony. We have a lot to learn from our environment- I process these learnings through physical labor in my art practice and my work as a farmer.

Some of my work…

Here are some pieces I have created within the last 5 years. Not all of it, but some…

Book of Home, 2024, yellow pine, deerskin, film photographs, paper, cotton thread.

This book is an encapsulation of the sense of home for me. It features photographs taken and printed by myself, bound with deerskin and cotton thread between two covers of yellow pine. The pages have been soaked in a spruce tip tea to mimic the scent of the woods I live in.

Grow a Garden, 2021, wood, deerskin, forged steel, handmade paper, cotton string.

This book is made of entirely compostable materials that, when buried, will grow a garden of herbs, vegetables, and edible flowers. The pages are embedded with seeds and instructions on how to care for each plant are written on each page in ink made from beets, carrots, and cabbage. The pages also include step-by-step instructions on how to assemble and disassemble the entire book to form a closed loop system of growth and destruction.