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Pollination Maps, 2016
glass vials, various small objects

A collection of 276 vials inspired by the pollination range of honey bees. samples were collected over three months during the summer of 2016 and map the locations traversed through daily work and travel. this sampling is part of a larger ongoing project.

1. Bottle tree leaves, Irvine 2. Peppercorns, Los Angeles 3. Seed pods, Los Angeles
4. Fishbowl rocks scattered on sidewalk several weeks ago , Koreatown 5. Purpletop flower buds planted last week, already dying. Flowers dried and preserved on stem, Koreatown 6. Leaves from planted tree. Subterranean watering system, Griffith Park 7. White flowering plant growing all along trail. Bees actively pollinating - Griffith Park 6/9 8. Fuzzy seeded plant picked alive off of small bush - Griffith Park 6/9 9. Orange peel dried and found hanging in a bush along trail. Smelled sweet when broken apart - Griffith Park 6/9 10. Small bush along trail. Red stem many small green caterpillars living on plant - Griffith Park 6/9 11. Seeds from large tree like bush. Seeds arranged in dense grape-like clusters - Griffith Park 6/9 12. Strangle Tare (Cuscuta). Invasive plant growing on top of numerous other species, weblike and stringy. Dense with liquid when broken apart - Griffith Park 6/9 13. Pretty white dried flowers still on plant - Griffith Park 6/9 14. Wind collection. Blue String and plant pieces. Found along trail - Griffith Park 6/9 15. Bee pollen and concerning amount of wax. Removed and will keep close watch to see if wax build up returns - Mt. Washington Hex Hive 6/10 16. Burnt sugar pine used as smoker fuel for hex hive inspection - Mt Washington 6/10 17. White bougainvillea, from tree of bee neighbor, Jeff. Full bloom, very few dried leaves on ground - Mt. Washington 6/10 18. Orange seeds from tree. Fell from yellow pods. Seeds were still moist, stained hands when placed in vial - Koreatown 6/10 19. Powdery mildew on leaf from hibiscus tree - Koreatown 6/10 20. Lily of the Nile flowers from outside my apartment - Koreatown 6/10 21. Rosemary with flowers- Koreatown 6/11 22. Three red rose petals fallen from plant, dried - Koreatown 6/11 23. Dried grass stalk with orange paint from recently repainted metal fence - Koreatown 6/12 24. Wind collection, dried night jasmine and bougainvillea with leaves - Koreatown 6/12 25. Plastic container with pink stars, crushed by a car. Found in the street - Koreatown 6/12 26. Bits of copper and metal from abandoned railroad tracks being repurposed for Crenshaw/LAX metro line - Florence Ave. Inglewood. 6/12 27. Green glass found buried in newly excavated metro line - Inglewood 6/12 28. Pulverized railroad tie - Inglewood 6/12 29. Dried petals fallen from tree at Mausoleum of the Golden West. Lots of bees - Inglewood Park Cemetery 6/12 30. Rocks from ash tray - Inglewood Park Cemetery 6/12 31. Dried plant matter from Edward Vincent Jr Park - Inglewood 6/12 32. Rubber bands on sidewalk and street - Inglewood 6/12 33. Mourning Flower. Angelous Rosedale Cemetery - Los Angeles 6/13 34. Dirt from the oldest part of the Angelous Rosedale Cemetery - Los Angeles 6/13 35. Dandelion seeds Angelous Rosedale Cemetery - Los Angeles 6/13 36. Salvia - Allen Chickering Sage.“You found you some bud I see.” Security Guard - Natural History Museum Los Angeles 6/13 37. Dried seeds on unmarked tree - Natural History Museum Los Angeles garden 6/13 38. White Sage Salvia Apriana “Bees harvest pollen from the white flowers of this strongly scented, dry-loving shrub” - Natural History Museum Los Angeles Garden 6/13 39. Kangaroo Paws - Anigozanthos sp. “These Australian natives attract hummingbirds” - Natural History Museum Los Angeles Garden, 6/13 40. Achillea Mil. Paprika plant - Natural History Museum Los Angeles 6/13 41. Sugar pine shavings from splines on Hex Hive frames 42. Pigeon feather. Mesa housing court, everything is empty - Irvine 6/14 43. String from construction site of new pedestrian bridge connecting Mesa housing court to the Student Center (aka, the Pub) - Irvine, 6/14 44. Spittle bug infestation on rosemary bush. Covered nearly an entire block. Spittle smelled like concentrated rosemary - University Town Center, Irvine 45. Sap from trees at University Town Center, hard like rock. Becoming amber - Irvine 46. Heavenly Bamboo berries likely planted under the direction of Maya Lin - CTSA Irvine, 6/14 47. Weeds growing in the dirt by the sidewalk - Koreatown, 6/19 48. Dried tree needles that look like snakes on the ground - Koreatown 6/19 49. Ground collection, yellow and black wrapper, one white styrofoam ball - Koreatown, 6/21 50. Cigarette butt with red lipstick - Koreatown 6/21 51. Bark from palm tree - Normandie ave 6/23 52. Ground collection. Bits of plastic, some from broken toy game controller, one leaf - Koreatown 6/23 53. Grass and grass roots painted yellow from surveyor marks, next to small yellow flag - Koreatown 6/23 54. Inguna’s food for the animals, dried grains left along retaining wall - Mt. Washington 6/24 55. Dryer Lint found outside in the backyard, away from vent - Koreatown 6/25 56. Red flower petals - Koreatown, 6/25 57. Pieces of branch and seeds crushed by tire - Koreatown 6/25 58. Red mulch from Jollibee rear Metro Red Line - Koreatown 6/27 59. Flower buds from succulent, were bright pink, now faded to flesh color - Galleria Market, Koreatown 6/27 60. One birthday candle - Koreatown 6/28 61. Dried seed pod from large old cactus, shriveled to dark blue - Koreatown 6/28 62. Water Balloons from the kids next door - Koreatown 6/29 63. Silver petaled plant buds - Koreatown 6/30 64. Lime green ribbon - Koreatown 6/30 65. Small dried seeds on stalk from Inguna’s bee house, tea ceremony day - Mt. Washington 6/30 66. Paint chips from apartment 7 renovation. Jeannie’s old apartment - Koreatown 6/30 67. Teal colored plastic bits from the backyard - Koreatown 6/30 68. Printer paper tear offs appeared this morning on the grass. Was not there last night - Koreatown 6/30 69. Stained styrofoam, found in backyard during apartment 7 restoration - Koreatown, 6/30 70. Black bobby pin - Koreatown, 6/30 71. Gold foil from two Negra Modelo bottles - Koreatown, 7/1 72. Blue glitter and dirt, poured over fire hydrant - Koreatown, Los Angeles, 7/1 73. Dried fuzzy flower petals planted in front of Wells Fargo Bank - Koreatown, 7/1 74. Dried sage found on sidewalk. No known source nearby - Koreatown, 7/1 75.Broken succulent originally from Avila beach, replanted in flower pot, broken by children - Koreatown, 7/2 76. Moudry Grass seeds - Westwood, 7/2 77. Red leaves from ornamental shrub, outside dog shelter, the day Atticus had his last two teeth removed - West Los Angeles, 7/3 78. Orange ribbon tied to parking meter outside cell phone store - Little Bangladesh, 7/3 79. Branch from dead shrub the Reed Warblers frequent - Koreatown 7/4 80. Reed Warbler feather - Koreatown 7/4 81. Yellow and black electrical wires from internet box - Koreatown 7/4 82. Green and magenta streamers - Koreatown 7/5 83. Multi colored bang snappers - Koreatown 7/5 84. Mechanical pencil top - Koreatown 7/5 85. Spent firecrackers - Koreatown 7/5 86. Alien screaming rocket - Koreatown 7/5 87. Seeds from sidewalk plant. No known source - Koreatown 7/5 88. Red seeds from planted shrub - Koreatown 7/5 89. Spent fireworks casings - Koreatown 7/5 90. June Bug - Koreatown 7/6 91. Copper and black foil - Koreatown 7/6 92. Rent receipt from August 1997, $500.00, unknown apartment size - Koreatown 7/6 93. Colored rocks and dirt in large planter - Arts District Los Angeles 7/7 94. Small fern clippings placed on fence post - Koreatown 7/7 95. Astroturf from condo complex near Current:LA HUB - Griffith Park 7/7 96. Green zip-ties - Koreatown 7/8 97. Bottle rocket sticks - Koreatown 7/8 98. Small black feather - Irvine 7/8 99. Dead black beetle - Irvine 7/8 100. Silly String, blue and pink - Irvine 7/8 101. Piece of duros wheel - Koreatown 7/9 101. Hair-ties, one red, one blue. Found on the steps at home - Koreatown 7/9 103. Candy wrappers from my pocket - Koreatown 7/9 104. Large hibiscus bloom found on the sidewalk - Westwood 7/9 105. Synthetic batting.Strewn out in the grass - Koreatown 7/10 106. Bees 107. Blue flower petal. No known source - Sunnynook Park 7/12 108. Mulch with pink spray paint - Sunnynook Park 7/12 109. Burned red printed paper - Sunnynook Park 7/12 110. Plastic wrappers. Pedestrian highway crossover bridge - Sunnynook Park 7/12 111. Tennis ball fuzz - Trail to Sunnynook River Park 7/13 112. Wire, rolled up and kept together with a rubber band. Pedestrian highway crossover bridge - Sunnynook Park 7/13 113. Honeycomb from hex hive. Remainder from honeycomb collapse last visit - Bee House 7/13 114. Blue fiber found along trail - Griffith Park 7/13 115. 116. Sage flower - Koreatown 7/14 117. Torn paper from envelope - Westwood 7/14 118. Palm tree bark - Westwood 7/14 119. Purple paint - Bowtie Project 7/15 120. Seeds with orange surveyors paint - Bowtie Project 7/15 121. Broken plaster pieces - Bowtie Project 7/15 122. Grasses painted with green surveyors paint - Bowtie Project 7/16 123. Decomposed palm tree leaves - Bowtie Project 7/16 124. Purple balloon on blue ribbon - Bowtie project 7/16 125. Two earplugs found in separate locations within Bowtie - Bowtie Project 7/16 126. Floral patterned faded fabric - Bowtie Project 7/16 127. Decomposed straw. Fell apart upon touching it - Bowtie Project 7/16 128. White feather - Sunnynook River Park 7/17 129. String from sculpture yard - Irvine 7/18 130. Orange flowered shrub from planter outside the Pub - Irvine 7/18 131. Joshua’s studio - Irvine 7/18 132. Straw from straw bale seating - Sunnynook River Park 7/21 133. Fake autumn leaves lying in grass - Koreatown 7/22 134. Note found on sidewalk: “I will get a trust lawyer to help Michael get mom __ he will owe me a large ___” Some sections illegible - Koreatown 7/22 135. Pin-up sticker ‘Lisa Love’ - Bowtie Project 7/22 136. Red Rubber Bands - Koreatown 7/23 137. Red ribbon - Bowtie Project 7/24 138. Green cord, inner filling removed - Bowtie Project 7/24 139. Decomposed soccer ball shell - Bowtie Project 7/24 140. Inner filling from white glow cord - Bowtie Project 7/25 141. Surveyors feather strands - Bowtie Project 7/25 142. Zip-tie cutoffs - Bowtie Project 7/25 143. Shattered glass from car window - Koreatown 7/26 144. Green Zip-tie, painted yellow with bent washer attached - Bowtie Project 7/26 145. Decomposed duct tape - Bowtie Project 7/26 146. Cobalt glass, green glass - Bowtie Project 7/26 147. Fishing lure remnant - Los Angeles River 7/26 148. Crawdad exoskeleton pieces - Los Angeles River 7/26 149. Fishing line - Los Angeles River 7/26 150. Water and algae sample - Los Angeles River 7/26 151. Paint marker nibs - Bowtie old roundabout 7/26 152. Fan palm leaves with spray paint - Bowtie old roundabout 7/26 153. Burnt palm tree roots from bon fire - Bowtie old roundabout 7/26 154. Red Glass - Bowtie old roundabout 7/26 155. Happy face wrist band - Summer of the Gray Wave 156. Green paper clip - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 157. Blue fiber - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 158. Flower threads from tree - Norman O. Houston Park. (Summer of the Gray Wave) 159. Green and black woven polypropylene rope - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 160. Copper wire coated in green with writing - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 161. Blue puff Ball - Shadynook River Park. (Summer of the Gray Wave) 162. Yellow fiber - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 163. Blue plastic shavings - The HUB. (Summer of the Gray Wave) 164. Dried Lime rind - The HUB. (Summer of the Gray Wave) 165. Red string found buried in the dirt at LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Summer of the Gray Wave) 166. Landscaping weed control drop plastic - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 167. Water bottle safety seals - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 168. Decomposed felt from my dad’s guitar stand - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 169. Plastic dinosaur tail - (Summer of the Gray Wave) 170. Hay baling twine - Shadynook River Park 8/7 171. Shadynook sand turned up by the golf cart along the dirt path next to the pedestrian Bridge - Shadynook River Park 8/7 172. Membrane from a plant that didn’t make it - Bowtie Project 8/8 173. Insect wing - Bowtie Project 8/8 174. Pink flower buds from a tree - Occidental College, Eagle Rock 8/8 175. Lone fake leaf - Occidental College, Eagle Rock 8/8 176. Spider web and egg sacks - Occidental College, Eagle Rock 8/8 177. Decomposed chipboard - Bowtie Project 8/8 178. Paint drips peeled from concrete foundation - Bowtie Project 8/8 179. Clear shattered glass - Bowtie Project 8/8 180. Decomposed tiles with paint on them from concrete foundation - Bowtie Project 8/8 181. Traffic cone turned dog toy - Bowtie Project 8/8 182. Pinecone eaten by a squirrel - Sunnynook River Park 8/8 183. Yellow and Blue Ribbon. 184. _APPY ____HDAY - Norman O. Houston Park 8/9 185. Industrial fiber, orange - Norman O. Houston Park 8/9 186. Purple hair - Norman O. Houston Park 8/9 187. Dark red leaf, picked living from landscaping tree - Norman O. Houston Park 8/9 188. Cut grass - Norman O. Houston Park 8/9 189. Decomposing biodegradable plastic, green - Norman O. Houston Park 8/9 190. Decomposing biodegradable plastic, blue - Norman O. Houston Park 8/9 191. Melted plastic, buried and turned up by construction crew - Norman O. Houston Park 8/9 192. Periwinkle flowers from landscaping bush near the pedestrian bridge- Sunnynook River Park 8/9 193. Handwritten letter. “ Michael, we seem to be the only two people brave enough to face eachother, embrace eachother, forgive eachother and understand each other. Lets forget everyone else. Except for maybe Jeff. Honestly I think he has been secretly moving us forward as we go. He is the only other person I’ve heard push back against the norm and look how successful it’s made him. Michael, let’s be a team. It sounds like you need a break. I can get a job and we can work on legal matters slowly but surely. You can rest some while you are sick, and I can bust ass trying to catch your rent up w/ a job, if you would be interested in rooming together. I know that’s brash and forward but no one else seems to put in the effort to remember us ---> but we always remember each other. We could really use each other. To stabilize the uncertainty in each other’s lives before we start in on lives of granduer. Wouldn’t it be nice just to have a constant friend to hang out w/ and have as company. I know I could use one. And don’t worry I won’t smoke all of your dope! Lol! I would love and prefer to put some money forward to smoke pipes, and I want a porn site subscription. LMAO!” - Koreatown 8/10 194. Foil on wire - Irvine 8/10 195. Coiled pipe cleaner, green - Irvine 8/10 196. Red puff ball - Irvine 8/10 197. Purple balloon with face drawn on it. - Irvine 8/10 198. Seeds from large seed ball - Irvine 8/10 199. Mistake. - Koreatown (The Great Wave) 200. Plastic google eye - Koreatown (The Great Wave) 201. String of pearls, plastic - Koreatown (The Great Wave) 202. Ticket #660519 - Koreatown (The Great Wave) 203. Pink fiber - Koreatown (The Great Wave) 204. Blue plastic powder - Koreatown (The Great Wave) 205. Rainbow plastic -Koreatown (The Great Wave) 206. Corrina’s Shoe - Koreatown (The Great Wave) 207. Moss covered pebbles beneath rain gutter - Corrina’s house 8/29 (North Carolina Section) 208. Dryer Lint, feathers from Pillow - Egypt Township 8/30 (North Carolina Section) 209. Dried corn kernels from cob, running - Hwy 19, Burnsville 8/31 (North Carolina Section) 210. Blue plastic strip, running - Hwy 19, Burnsville (North Carolina Section) 211 Snakeskin - Burnsville 9/1 (North Carolina Section) 212. Katnip and Gypsy fur - Burnsville 8/31 (North Carolina Section) 213. Cocoon on blade of grass - Egypt Township 9/2 (North Carolina Section) 214. Spanish moss from birdhouse pole - Egypt Township, 9/2 (North Carolina Section) 215. Colored pencil shavings from fabrication project - Egypt Township 9/2 (North Carolina Section) collected by Corrina 216. Sunflower petals - The road to Asheville 9/3 (North Carolina Section) 217. Premature sunflower seeds - The road to Asheville 9/3 (North Carolina Section) 218. Batting from Baker’s bed - Asheville 9/3 (North Carolina Section) 219. Porcelain berries - Asheville 9/3 (North Carolina Section) 220. Fungi from a stump - Asheville 9/3 (North Carolina Section) 221. Broken lighter - Asheville 9/3 (North Carolina Section) 222. Lichen from dead tree trunk - Asheville 9/3 (North Carolina Section) 223. Flower petals. French Broad River - Asheville 9/3 (North Carolina Section) 224. Mossy growth with long tendrils - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 225. Pine needles - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 226. Moss - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 227. White dog hair found along trail - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 228. Core Sample from rotted tree - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 229. Piece of cord - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 230. Blue decomposing plastic - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 231. Tree fibers, damp - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 232. Water sample from creek - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 233. Berries, leaves and twig - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 234. Bark with moss - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 235. Psychedelic autumn leaf - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 236. Decomposed sponge material. Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 237. Yellow flower petals - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 238. Orange fiber, dirt, twig - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 239. Red Clay. North Carolina - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 240. Stem with delicate purple flowers - Hike, 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 241. Bright orange mushroom - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 242. White fungi - Hike 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 243. White feather - West Asheville 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 244. Cicada wings - West Asheville 9/4 (North Carolina Section) 245. Charcoal from fire pyre - Egypt Township 9/5 (North Carolina Section) 246. Dried Grapes from vine - Egypt Township 9/5 (North Carolina Section) 247. Branch with needles - Egypt Township 9/5 (North Carolina Section) 248. Pink stem with tiny white flowers - Egypt Township 9/5 (North Carolina Section) 249. Dried poke berries - Egypt Township (North Carolina Section) 250. Cobweb, branch, leaves, insect pieces - Egypt Township. 9/5 (North Carolina Section) 251. Delicate pink flowers. Hawk Branch reverie 9/10 (North Carolina Section) 252. Lichen on branch. Hawk Branch Reverie 9/10 (North Carolina Section) 253. Wood shavings - Last visit at Mel’s 9/10 (North Carolina Section) 254. Terra cotta planter pieces - Corrina’s house 9/11 (North Carolina Section) 255. Dried centipedes - Corrina’s house 9/11 (North Carolina Section) 256. Crushed shells in the driveway - Corrina’s house 9/11 (North Carolina Section) 257.Mica flakes - Corrina’s house 9/11 (North Carolina Section) 258. Tiny branch - Irvine 9/12 259. Packing plastic wrap - Irvine 9/12 260. Rabbit poop - Irvine 9/12 261. Mushroom growing in newly laid sod - Mesa Housing Court 9/12 262. Blue painter’s tape - studio clean out 9/12 263. Herbal tea mix sitting out in my studio - clean out 9/12 264. Pipe tobacco from 2012, 2015 southern rambles, sitting out in my studio - Irvine 9/12 265. Food that Atticus can’t eat any more - clean out 9/12 266. Dyed blue dried flower - studio remnant 9/14 267. Front half of beetle - Irvine 9/15 268. Sidewalk worm - Irvine 9/16 269. Spider - studio clean out 9/16 270. Studio fuzz, one year, grandma’s blanket - the last sweep out 9/16 271. 3D printing filament - Irvine 9/16 272. Welded metals, sculpture lab - Irvine 9/16 273. Praying mantis, dead. Ants were eating it - Koreatown 9/17 274. Plastic eye bead - Koreatown 9/17 275. Canvas threads - Studio hallway 9/19 276. Cut and shaped citrus peel - Studio hallway 9/19



       

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