©2025 Dela Anderson
Please do not use image without permission from the artist.
16″ x 20″ per print
Silk screen and soil
In collaboration with Sarah Snippen, Water Resources Specialist at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
My work is made from open palms. As I close my eyes and invite Earth, in all her forms, into the crevices of my skin a piece is born. My process uses natural materials like soil, sun, and scales to contextualize large scale climate issues into a being, a body.
How much phosphorus can your hands hold? was created in conversation with Sarah Snippen on the impact of phosphorus pollution, often caused by fertilizer runoff, in our Great Lakes. With dirty hands from mixing soil into the work’s fabric and ink I began to wonder how much can I hold? Are the aquatic organisms affected aware of the weight they carry? How might we hold them?
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dela occupies space in both aquatic ecology and art at UW-Madison. They work for the Center for Limnology collecting macroinvertebrates and sharing long-term ecological research with the public, a large inspiration for their work as a printmaker. Dela enjoys weaving natural materials, from soils to sun to scales, into their practice.
ABOUT THE WATER PARTNER
Sarah Snippen
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