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vironmental activism to my work—by exploring
ints that evoke the natural world. This overlay of
planet.
with a thin layer of encaustic colors. The heat
ink. Next, a hand-cut stencil made of newsprint
ace, printing paper is carefully laid on top and
rough the stencil’s cut-out shapes.
had a laser cutter that could render any image,
dow on the print, causing it to change with the
ss an inch above the print, and a zoned world
etimes the etching is more present, and in other
see the scorching, the shifting, of what was once
have exploited the system in the service of our
ix it.
of life need help.”
— Richard Powers, The Overstory
Marty Ittner
Artist Statement
American perspective sees our bodies as sacred
rger microbiome. With the newly defined concept
hing on to wisdom within Native traditions. The
visible world of microorganisms—including many
al roles in natural processes—from cycling carbon
healthy digestion.
pulations of bacteria, viruses, and fungi occupy
ated that there are nearly 30 trillion bacterial cells
terium for every cell in the body! Together, these
.
we are sick. The immune system is a complex
nd proteins that work to recognize, neutralize and
ch as bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi.
r personal microbiome. Much can be done, both
le food diet to build immunity, avoiding sugar and
overuse of antibiotics, exercising more, reducing
iting alcohol consumption These cumulative
ty and will restore our mother, Earth.
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