Hemlock
This page will be updated in April 2025 with video of Hemlock. For now, please enjoy the short video below of living and dead hemlock trees in Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia.
The eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) is a coniferous tree native to the eastern United States and Canada with its southernmost reach in north Georgia and Alabama. Like many other species indigenous to North America, the hemlock is critically threatened by a non-native insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae; HWA). The aphid-like HWA was first observed in Richmond, Virginia on a tree imported from Japan and began spreading quickly in the 1990s. Without treatment, most hemlock trees die in as little as 3-5 years.
In the small book, you will find stories and thoughts from six people who have worked directly with hemlock restoration and hemlock forests in Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia. The two larger books reflect my own thoughts while spending time in Shenandoah National Park, which lost 95% of its hemlock trees (Ghosts) and Bankhead National Forest, Alabama, where the HWA has not yet reached (What to Remember). The first book focuses on what has already been lost; the second reminds us of what could be lost if nothing is done.
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Letterpress-printed artist book, variable edition of 12. Spring 2025.
Materials: handmade flax, abaca/flax, abaca/kozo/hemlock, and hemlock paper with hemlock, walnut, and indigo dyes; hemlock wood; book cloth. All of the paper is handmade.
8in x 15in closed; 16in x 16in open.
$1500. (Each book varies slightly.)
Contact me for pre-sales. Books will be shipped in Summer & Fall 2025. Can be bundled with Hemlock: Voices from the South for an additional $100. 50% of profits from Voices will go to non-profit organizations in Alabama, Georgia, and Virginia.
