Canopy is a series of works based on leaf shapes and exploring interdependence between plants, birds, animals, insects, the soil, the air and the local forest hydrosphere.
![Sound Generation by Kassandra Bossell 2015 wax, wood and carbon 77 x 54cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Sound-Generation-K.Bossell.2015.Waxwood-and-carbon-77-x-54cm.jpg)
![Open and Closed by Kassandra Bossell 2016 ceramic and marble dust](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Open-and-Closedceramic-and-marble-dust.jpg)
![Mapping Topography by Kassandra Bossell 2015 wood and carbon 45 x 68cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Mapping-Topography-K.Bossell-2015-Waxwood-and-carbon-45-x-68cm-1.jpg)
Looking at the veins in leaves is like looking at fingerprints or animal skeletons.
![Maintain Homeostasis (Saggitate leaf) by Kassandra Bossell 2015 wax,wood and carbon 44 x 70cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Maintain-Homeostasis-Saggitate-leaf-K.Bossell.2015.Waxwood-and-carbon-44-x-70cm.jpg)
![Detailed Structure Generation,K.Bossell.2015.Wax,wood and carbon, 70 x 49cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Detailed-Structure-GenerationK.Bossell.2015.Waxwood-and-carbon-70-x-49cm.jpg)
![Immune System,(palmately lobed leaf) by Kassandra Bossell 2015 wax,wood and carbon 68 x 74cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Immune-Systempalmately-lobed-leaf-K.Bossell.-2015.Waxwood-and-carbon-68-x-74cm.jpg)
Finding the rhythmic pattern of each of these six main types of leaf was like cracking codes.
Distinctively different and yet related by rules of growth, the leaves in a canopy have evolved their form by serving multiple purposes across the surrounding ecosystems.
![The Hunter by Kassandra Bossell 2015 wax wood and carbon 100 x 100 x 3cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/The-Hunter-wax-wood-and-carbon-100-x-100-x-3cm.jpg)
![Echo Location by Kassandra Bossell 2015 wax,wood and carbon 87 x 53cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Echo-LocationK.Bossell.2015.Waxwood-and-carbon-87-x-53cm.jpg)
![Single Cycle Circulation by Kassandra Bossell 2015 wax,wood and carbon, 70 x 42cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Single-Cycle-Circulation-K.Bossell-2015.Waxwood-and-carbon-70-x-42cm.jpg)
![Systemic Circulation (Linear Leaf) by Kassandra Bossell 2015 wax, wood and carbon 15 x 57cm](https://kassandrabossell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Systemic-Circulation-Linear-Leaf-K.-Bossell-2015-wax-wood-and-carbon-15-x-57cm.jpg)
Using wood, wax and carbon to depict these interdependencies, I use a material selection that speaks also of human destruction of these ecosystems.