Biological Diversity for All, 2014

By Maggie Puckett

Handmade paper, various seeds, found book boards, pva

This artist’s book is a collection of seeds representing many nationalities found in areas surrounding the Hull House Settlement in 1895. The ethnic and racial diversity of the area is translated into a biologically diverse collection of seeds embedded in handmade paper. Biological diversity is the basis for sustainable living.
Inspired by the Nationality Map No. 1-4 from Hull-House Maps and Papers: A Presentation of Nationalities and Wages in a Congested District of Chicago, together with comments and essays on problems growing out of social conditions (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1895).