Kalendarium Hortense by Amy Arnold

In Kalendarium Hortense, soil, wood, seed, and sky are configured and arranged, describing actions necessary to manage seasonal change and establish boundaries, building sanctuary in the face of sudden disruption. Simultaneously abstract and figurative, garden, gardener, and gardening are compressed in a conversation of change, disruption, and renewal. Moments from personal stories and larger metanarratives are expressed in each of the drawings included within the book. The book is designed to create three, built, internal spaces within the pages: the surface of the central space is continuously covered with a drawing of wooden fencing and hedging (highlighted with color), with the two adjacent spaces configured with the images of chain link fencing.