BRINGING ART & NATURE TO THE PALM OF YOUR HAND & SOLES OF YOUR FEET

To view Kristen’s paintings and illustrations, please visit the gallery.

2024

Land & Sea LABYRINTH

Pinecones, Oyster Shells, Fairy Lights

August / September 2024

~20ft Diameter, Temporary Land Art Installation

Lookout Arts Quarry, Bellingham, WA

1,688 pinecones (sitka spruce, ponderosa pine, douglas fir)

248 oyster shells (various)

~174 ft fairy lights

~8 hrs build time, two volunteers

3 circuit labyrinth art installation made with oyster shells and pinecones

THE CREATION PROCESS

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2024

STORA ASKERöN LABYRINTH

STONES, GROUND COVER, SUCCULENTS, MULCH

May 2024

14.5ft Diameter, Permanent

Stora Askerön, Sweden

THE CREATION PROCESS

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2023

Land art

STONES, SEAWEED, BULL KELP

August 2023

~4ft Diameter

Rialto Beach, WA

THE CREATION PROCESS

2023

BOw Sanctuary Labyrinth

RECLAIMED LANDSCAPING PAVERS, GRASS

May 2023

39’ x 42’, West-Facing, Permanent

Bow, Washington, USA

THE CREATION PROCESS

Initial sketch.

SketchUp by Lush Architecture & Interiors

Initial layout in red spray paint.

It's crooked!

Adjustments being made.

Laying out pavers for straight lines

Trenches are dug! Putting in gravel.

Checking & checking again.

Workin' those corners.

She's a beauty.

Jonny uses brute force.

Trenches need to be 4" deep.

Hauling sod (so much sod).

Shoveled 9 yrds of gravel.

Moles will find a way.

Positioning 12x12 pavers.

Before we packed in dirt.

We did it!!!

2022

SOURCE ENERGY Labyrinth

TERRACOTTA TILE & HEALING STONE LABYRINTH, BLACK ROCK CITY

Burning Man Art Installation

August 28 - September 5, 2022

35’ x 35’, East-Facing

Black Rock City, Nevada

This labyrinth was a temporary art installation for Burning Man. Nearly 500 custom 3 1/2” x 7 1/2” tiles were buried ~two inches deep in playa. Healing Stones were placed at each corner and at the heart center. Perimeter signs provided solar lighting from sunset to sunrise.

For details and to learn more, please visit:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kristenthered/a-labyrinth-in-the-desert