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Just as organisms work together in an ecosystem,
Just as organisms work together in an ecosystem,
so, too, do they work together in a composition.
so, too, do they work together in a composition.
What is The Juniper Creek Catalogue?
What is The Juniper Creek Catalogue?
Juniper Creek Catalogue is a magazine you would find on an artist bookshelf or an Environmentalists coffee table. The catalogue is for the people who are tired of the human world we've built around ourselves. For people who want to understand the complex systems in nature instead of in machine. For the people who like to feel fresh air on their face and the cool squish of the earth below.
Why is The Juniper Creek Catalogue: The Philosophy
Why is The Juniper Creek Catalogue: The Philosophy
The natural world on plant earth is becoming second commodity to the technological one. All though the ramifications of disrupting the environment are well studied and documented, companies and governments continue to invest in infrastructure that directly, negatively affects the natural world around it. I don’t claim to know who has the right answer or solution to the problem we call life but no one living (or A.I.) on this planet today is more intelligent than the biosphere, Earth. This great oasis in the cosmos has been experimenting, building, destroying and learning for the past 4 billion years! The way Earth has set up ecological systems is intentional. Organisms grow along side of each other, some acting as food, or as shade. All playing a crucial roll. Disrupting this balance on a small scale can be devastating to the local ecosystem but as the disruptions get bigger, so does the effect on the biosphere as a whole.
I don’t know what the future holds.
But what I do know is that lizard over there, scurrying across the pavement into the bush, thats a six-striped racerunner. Now thats pretty cool, huh?
If the humane race is interested in a long term, sustainable existence on Earth, than we need to learn about the organic infrastructure that already exists, and how to live in balance with it. This starts with education. Luckly, learning about the world outside the human world we’ve built is one of the most rewarding experiences of the 21st-Century!
The Juniper Creek Catalogue is the documentation of education, a practice in the art of observation and if nothing else, a great day spent at the creek.
Integration of Perspectives
Integration of Perspectives
The Juniper Creek Catalogue looks at education through two lenses, art and science.
The Juniper Creek Catalogue looks at education through two lenses, art and science.
Beauty and functionality are uniquely intertwined in nature. With no designer, other than evolutionary force, the organisms we find on earth are uniquely their own. The shape, color, texture, all created to serve a purpose. They are not created to be beautiful or inspiring, yet they are. Everywhere you look, colors, textures and atmosphere all come together to create a beautiful composition in front of your eyes. Just as organisms work together in an ecosystem, so too do they work together in a composition. Art and science are much the same in that way. As I create the catalogues I am studying this connection. I study the plants and animals, their taxonomy and behaviors. I study the landscape, sampling textures and recreating light affects. The catalogues bring these disciplines together to further understand the creek ecosystem from two points of view.
Meet the Artist
Meet the Artist
Hi, I'm Lauren Bednaroski :)
When I was a young lady, I thought being a scientist ment going out into the forest, drawing little plants and bugs and collect specimens. I admired scientists like Charles Darwin and Marco Polo. I also thought that I could be a witch and brew potions if I could just find the right plants, but thats neither here nor there.
Unfortunately I have grown up since then.
After graduating from high school, I knew I wanted to either be a scientist (what ever that ment to me at the time) or an artist. I figured art wouldn't make me any money so I chose science. I went to the University of West Florida and recieved a Bachelor's of Science in Marine Biology.
After graduating, inbetween jobs, unsure of the future, I began to paint.
There was something about the way the paint moved across the canvas. Slowly but surely, I dedicated more of my time to art, painting after work, finding creative jobs, enrolling in classes again.
Through my return to education, I have come to realise that I don't have to choose between the two disiplines, I can make them work together! And so was born, The Juniper Creek Catalogue.
Special thanks to
Special thanks to
Professor Marzia Ransom
Dr. Bre Garett
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