I've been working on a project for ten or so years. Sadly, it hasn’t grown beyond the conceptual phase, but it's something I think about quite a bit. I have sketched out ideas, and taken lots of photos, but I haven't made anything. It's called Calling Card (italicizing locks it in as an art concept ;). The idea is to offer sculptured/assembled renderings of flood debris. It’s an homage to natural forces, but also a reminder of how dynamic the environment is that we live in. The phrase “calling card” might be a bit antiquated, but the definition I like is: an action by which something can be identified.

Inspiration for the concept comes from things like this lovely cottonwood log, roughly thirty feet long, deposited on this limestone boulder during the relatively-high runoff season of 2023. It held this pose until the big summer solstice rainstorm of June, 2024. The photo was taken eleven days before ~25K cfs came through.