Welcome Plants
A series of ‘welcome mat’ handmade rugs depicting common wild plants, particularly those often viewed in conflicted ways by humans. Considering the fraught relationships with these particular species, whether they are indeed welcome, and the ways in which common terms such as ‘invasive’, ‘weed’, etc., are often descriptors used for the unwelcome.


Dadelion

Goldenrod

Creeping Thisle


Common Plantain



Knotweed 



This Project is supported by the Ontario Arts Council