Mayapple Tapestry planting Sir" (1909)

Sir" (1909)

The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction

and creative journal prompts

But what really happened that winter

Teig O'Kane and the Corpse

Mayapple Tapestry planting Sir" (1909)An illustration of thriving mayapples above a pair of box turtles adorn a lightweight raw silk tapestry. The most interesting aspect of mayapple ecology to me is that, in at least part of its range, mayapple relies on box turtles as their main seed dispersers. Box turtles relish the fruit and seeds passing through the gut of the turtle are much more likely to germinate. These textiles are botanically dyed with bioregional plants by White Pine Rising,