"The oldest coast redwood in Muir Woods is at least 1,200 years old. It has stood through the times of the First People, Sir Francis Drake's Golden Hind sailing by in 1579, Mexican settlers establishing Marin footholds in the 1830s and loggers threatening its existence in the late 19th century."
"Tiffany Shlain grew up in Marin, feeling a close kinship to the redwoods, bay laurel, bigleaf maple and tanoak that are native to Muir Woods. The artist created her moveable monument, Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring, in 2022."
"This piece is made from a 10,000-pound salvaged eucalyptus, and includes nearly 200 historical and contemporary questions that have spurred humanity's ongoing quest to understand the world, burned into the wood with pyrography."
Muir Woods became a national monument in 1908, though its oldest coast redwoods are at least 1,200 years old, having witnessed First People, Spanish explorers, Mexican settlers, and 19th-century loggers. Artist Tiffany Shlain, who grew up in Marin with deep connections to the forest's native trees, created Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring in 2022. Collaborating with husband Ken Goldberg, a UC Berkeley robotics professor and artist, Shlain expanded this vision into the major exhibition Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology: Trees, Time, and Technology at San Francisco's di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art through April 11. The show features large-scale works including Tree of Knowledge, constructed from a 10,000-pound salvaged eucalyptus with nearly 200 historical and contemporary questions burned into the wood.
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