Name: Sun Catcher / Dream Catcher: Last Sparks of Summer Materials: Collected branches, wild roses, string, yarn, ceramic beads, wire, and stone. Last Sparks of Summer began as an exploration inspired by Ruth Asawa’s hanging sculptures and her ability to create form through openness, repetition, and the spaces between woven lines. The piece is something more personal as it is a reflection on seasonal transition, interconnectedness, and my deep connection with Mother Spider. The outer branch structure holds the fading remains of summer, and a few scattered wild roses were both gathered from the landscape in my backyard. The color and softness of the roses contrast with the roughness of the branches, but also there is an increasingly fragile quality of the drying flowers and the dying leaves. Rather than trying to preserve them, I wanted their inevitable change to become part of the artwork. Summer does not disappear all at once; it leaves behind small sparks as the world m......