Rhonda's piece is a double-sided accordion book with hard covers titled No Wood for Trees. It was created with paper, found images and found text. While browsing a discarded and damaged book about rainforests, Rhonda was appalled to discover that rainforest trees are primarily harvested for pulp, to create paper--her artistic medium. The book's nine panels display images of the vibrant life found in the rainforest. The text, displayed at the bottom of each panel on paper cut to resemble lush grasses, details the devastation of commercial logging, damaging a resource vital to the health of the entire planet. Rhonda notes that paper does not need to be made from rainforest wood pulp, and that it's important that we all carefully select paper sources not linked to rainforest deforestation.
The Mary E. Black gallery is located on the Halifax Waterfront, beside the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. The gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Submitted by Marilynn Rudi
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