New Tribe (site specific installation)
New Tribe (site specific installation)

Found and harvested roots from my family land and from my work as a local landscape gardener, monofilament, 1” x 2” pine lumber, house paint. Dimensions variable, 2020.

New Tribe & Tribal Totems
New Tribe & Tribal Totems
The Understory (Tribal Totem 1 ~ Family)
The Understory (Tribal Totem 1 ~ Family)

120mm & 35mm film photography by Fern Jensen, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, writing ink, pins. 2019

The Understory (Tribal Totem 1 ~ Family)

120mm & 35mm film photography by Fern Jensen, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, writing ink, pins. 2019

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Inherited Weight (Tribal Totem 2 ~ Family)
Inherited Weight (Tribal Totem 2 ~ Family)

Film photography by Fern Jensen, B&W 35mm print by Derek Curry, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, writing ink, pins. 2019

Inherited Weight (Tribal Totem 2 ~ Family)

Film photography by Fern Jensen, B&W 35mm print by Derek Curry, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, writing ink, pins. 2019

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Creation of a Myth (Tribal Totem 3 ~ God)
Creation of a Myth (Tribal Totem 3 ~ God)

Watercolor from 1997, altered film Photography, page ripped from journal, Found family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

Creation of a Myth (Tribal Totem 3 ~ God)

Watercolor from 1997, altered film Photography, page ripped from journal, Found family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

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Unorthodoxy (Tribal Totem 4 ~ God)
Unorthodoxy (Tribal Totem 4 ~ God)

Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Unorthodoxy (Tribal Totem 4 ~ God)

Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

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Lost In Translation (Tribal Totem 5 ~ God)
Lost In Translation (Tribal Totem 5 ~ God)

Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Lost In Translation (Tribal Totem 5 ~ God)

Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

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Caught in the Lie of Redemptive Violence (Tribal Totem 6 ~ Country)
Caught in the Lie of Redemptive Violence (Tribal Totem 6 ~ Country)

Digital photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

Caught in the Lie of Redemptive Violence (Tribal Totem 6 ~ Country)

Digital photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

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Haunted Houses (Tribal Totem 7 ~ Country)
Haunted Houses (Tribal Totem 7 ~ Country)

Digital photography, 35mm Photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Haunted Houses (Tribal Totem 7 ~ Country)

Digital photography, 35mm Photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

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Consumed (Tribal Totem 8 ~ Country)
Consumed (Tribal Totem 8 ~ Country)

110 Film photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Consumed (Tribal Totem 8 ~ Country)

110 Film photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

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Broken Vessels (Tribal Totem 9 ~ Country)
Broken Vessels (Tribal Totem 9 ~ Country)

Digital & film photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Broken Vessels (Tribal Totem 9 ~ Country)

Digital & film photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Tribal Totem 10 ~ Country)
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Tribal Totem 10 ~ Country)

35mm Film photography, termite eaten book by John Piper, old bumper sticker found in the abandoned church, last page from an old Spanish language Bible, found family relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Tribal Totem 10 ~ Country)

35mm Film photography, termite eaten book by John Piper, old bumper sticker found in the abandoned church, last page from an old Spanish language Bible, found family relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

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The Fading Present (Tribal Totem 11 ~ Family)
The Fading Present (Tribal Totem 11 ~ Family)

Time/moisture altered family photography, handmade frames from floor boards salvaged from an old house, pins, 2019.

The Fading Present (Tribal Totem 11 ~ Family)

Time/moisture altered family photography, handmade frames from floor boards salvaged from an old house, pins, 2019.

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Sacred Texts
Sacred Texts

Found writings & drawings, Scientific America pages (circa 1977), pins, repurposed museum signage. 2019. (collaboration with Maggie Jensen)

Sacred Texts (detail)
Sacred Texts (detail)
Sacred Texts (detail)
Sacred Texts (detail)
New Tribe (site specific installation)
New Tribe & Tribal Totems
Tribal Totems 1-5
Tribal Totems 6-10
The Understory (Tribal Totem 1 ~ Family)
The Understory (Tribal Totem 1 ~ Family)
Tribal Totems details-26.jpg
Tribal Totems details-25.jpg
Tribal Totems details-27.jpg
Inherited Weight (Tribal Totem 2 ~ Family)
Inherited Weight (Tribal Totem 2 ~ Family)
Tribal Totems details-28.jpg
Tribal Totems details-32.jpg
Tribal Totems details-34.jpg
Creation of a Myth (Tribal Totem 3 ~ God)
Creation of a Myth (Tribal Totem 3 ~ God)
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Tribal Totems details-30.jpg
Tribal Totems details-31.jpg
Unorthodoxy (Tribal Totem 4 ~ God)
Unorthodoxy (Tribal Totem 4 ~ God)
Tribal Totems details-35.jpg
Tribal Totems details-36.jpg
Lost In Translation (Tribal Totem 5 ~ God)
Lost In Translation (Tribal Totem 5 ~ God)
Tribal Totems details-37.jpg
Tribal Totems details-38.jpg
Tribal Totems details-39.jpg
Caught in the Lie of Redemptive Violence (Tribal Totem 6 ~ Country)
Caught in the Lie of Redemptive Violence (Tribal Totem 6 ~ Country)
Tribal Totems details-40.jpg
Tribal Totems details-41.jpg
Tribal Totems details-42.jpg
Tribal Totems details-45.jpg
Haunted Houses (Tribal Totem 7 ~ Country)
Haunted Houses (Tribal Totem 7 ~ Country)
Tribal Totems details.jpg
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Consumed (Tribal Totem 8 ~ Country)
Consumed (Tribal Totem 8 ~ Country)
Tribal Totems details-10.jpg
Tribal Totems details-11.jpg
Broken Vessels (Tribal Totem 9 ~ Country)
Broken Vessels (Tribal Totem 9 ~ Country)
Tribal Totems details-5.jpg
Tribal Totems details-6.jpg
Tribal Totems details-8.jpg
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Tribal Totem 10 ~ Country)
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Tribal Totem 10 ~ Country)
Tribal Totems details-14.jpg
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Tribal Totems details-16.jpg
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The Fading Present (Tribal Totem 11 ~ Family)
The Fading Present (Tribal Totem 11 ~ Family)
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Sacred Texts
Sacred Texts (detail)
Sacred Texts (detail)
New Tribe (site specific installation)

Found and harvested roots from my family land and from my work as a local landscape gardener, monofilament, 1” x 2” pine lumber, house paint. Dimensions variable, 2020.

New Tribe & Tribal Totems
The Understory (Tribal Totem 1 ~ Family)

120mm & 35mm film photography by Fern Jensen, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, writing ink, pins. 2019

The Understory (Tribal Totem 1 ~ Family)

120mm & 35mm film photography by Fern Jensen, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, writing ink, pins. 2019

Inherited Weight (Tribal Totem 2 ~ Family)

Film photography by Fern Jensen, B&W 35mm print by Derek Curry, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, writing ink, pins. 2019

Inherited Weight (Tribal Totem 2 ~ Family)

Film photography by Fern Jensen, B&W 35mm print by Derek Curry, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, writing ink, pins. 2019

Creation of a Myth (Tribal Totem 3 ~ God)

Watercolor from 1997, altered film Photography, page ripped from journal, Found family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

Creation of a Myth (Tribal Totem 3 ~ God)

Watercolor from 1997, altered film Photography, page ripped from journal, Found family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

Unorthodoxy (Tribal Totem 4 ~ God)

Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Unorthodoxy (Tribal Totem 4 ~ God)

Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Lost In Translation (Tribal Totem 5 ~ God)

Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Lost In Translation (Tribal Totem 5 ~ God)

Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Caught in the Lie of Redemptive Violence (Tribal Totem 6 ~ Country)

Digital photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

Caught in the Lie of Redemptive Violence (Tribal Totem 6 ~ Country)

Digital photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

Haunted Houses (Tribal Totem 7 ~ Country)

Digital photography, 35mm Photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Haunted Houses (Tribal Totem 7 ~ Country)

Digital photography, 35mm Photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

Consumed (Tribal Totem 8 ~ Country)

110 Film photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Consumed (Tribal Totem 8 ~ Country)

110 Film photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins. 2019

Broken Vessels (Tribal Totem 9 ~ Country)

Digital & film photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Broken Vessels (Tribal Totem 9 ~ Country)

Digital & film photography, Found/foraged family history, forgotten relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Tribal Totem 10 ~ Country)

35mm Film photography, termite eaten book by John Piper, old bumper sticker found in the abandoned church, last page from an old Spanish language Bible, found family relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Tribal Totem 10 ~ Country)

35mm Film photography, termite eaten book by John Piper, old bumper sticker found in the abandoned church, last page from an old Spanish language Bible, found family relics, handmade frames from repurposed materials, pins, 2019.

The Fading Present (Tribal Totem 11 ~ Family)

Time/moisture altered family photography, handmade frames from floor boards salvaged from an old house, pins, 2019.

The Fading Present (Tribal Totem 11 ~ Family)

Time/moisture altered family photography, handmade frames from floor boards salvaged from an old house, pins, 2019.

Sacred Texts

Found writings & drawings, Scientific America pages (circa 1977), pins, repurposed museum signage. 2019. (collaboration with Maggie Jensen)

Sacred Texts (detail)
Sacred Texts (detail)
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