Red Slate Mountains - Crab Cooker Hot Springs, CA
Red Slate Mountains - Crab Cooker Hot Springs, CA
Red Slate Mountains
This is at the southern end of the Sierra Mountains in California. A slightly different angle but from the same spot as my buddy Cory Elder was doing a painting. This photo was taken 4/23/21 at 12:04 pm.
WeForest Donation: $740 (What is this?)
Print Number: 1/3
Print Size: 15 x 45 in.
Total Dimensions: 35 x 67.5 in.
Weight: 25 lbs
Hanging equipment and certificate of authenticity included.
FRAME
Red Slate Mountains
Located at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, near Mammoth Mountain, the Red Slates are some of the first peaks poking out in the vast valley that is on the eastern side of the Sierra’s up through the central and northern parts of California.
LOCATION
Crab Cooker Hot Springs, CA
Sprinkled through the valley near Mammoth Lakes and the Mammoth Mountains in Southern California, the Crab Cooker Hot Springs gurgle up their scalding waters. Multiple manmade pools have been created to gather the water and create serene hot tubs for visitors to enjoy. Camping is not allowed directly next to the spring, but public land is a very short walk away, and you can always find camper vans dotting the vast landscape across the valley. No longer a hidden gem, the hot springs are well frequented and fair warning—clothing optional is the norm.
FRAME
Pecky Cypress (Taxodium distichum)
Known as Bald Cypress, this giant of the swamp is native to the southeastern United States. It can adapt to thrive in a wide range of soils, including very briny, salty, and water soaked areas. The pecky nature of the wood is created by a fungus that attacks the tree and eats away at its truck from the inside out. When the tree is cut down the fungus dies and leaves behind the beautiful architecture of its destruction. All of the Bald Cypress I have used in my frames has come from different parts of Louisiana.
THE ELEMENTS
Fire, Water, Earth, and Air
In the display case in the bottom of the frame, four items are in preserved glass vials. The items represent the elements: fire (wood charcoal), water (mineral oil), earth (soil), and air (a milkweed seed). I include these items in my work as a symbol of the interconnectedness of all life on Earth, and as a reminder that humans must do better.
THE PLAQUE
Magnetic Information Plaque
I engrave a wooden information plaque for each work. The plaque includes what the photograph is of, the location of the photograph, what type of wood the frame is made of, and where I sourced the wood. The plaques also explain why the vials are included in each work. The back of each plaque states the meaning of my logo: “The circle represents our home, Planet Earth. The hourglass represents time. The five horizontal lines in the bottom of the hourglass represent the five mass extinction periods that have occurred in the past. The single line falling through the hourglass represents our current mass extinction period, caused by us.” The plaques are attached magnetically and can be removed to read or to store on the back of each frame if you prefer not to have it displayed on the front.
