Grafting Cactus

I have once visited the stacking of spray paint caps in the creation of Onomatopoeia Machine.


I am now revisiting the stacking forms for cacti grafts.
This is an image of my thoughts on how the process will go.
I am drawn to both the idea of forcing two species together and using color, as well as form to create a piece that can continually evolve and change. To keep evolving is important. Often works of art seize to do this. They are photographed and archived to be sealed and delivered, always as they were, the same. to never change, to never grow, to always be pristine and frozen in time. I have trouble creating something and leaving it be. However with plants, they can grow and reproduce and die. They can perform.


I have also started to introduce Prickly Pear Cacti to the wild of Pennsylvania. The picture above is from North Carolina 2008. I harvested a couple if these cacti and I am now undergoing the transplantation of cacti to PA soil. Time will tell if they can survive.