Considering the intersecting flows of time, sediment, water, and humans.
Our Beginning
Flow Archives is an artistic and scientific collaboration between artist and daughter Kate Kendall, geologist and father Jerry Kendall, and our communities.
Our work uses the technique of a sand peel as a basis for interpreting the human and geologic events surrounding a body of water. By creating sculptures from the sand peels we enable both geologic and artistic interpretations and the formation of a complex narrative that describes the geologic, social and geopolitical flows of a body of water through time.
What is a Sand Peel?
A sand peel is a geologic science tool used to capture and archive sediment deposit patterns.
How to Make a Sand Peel
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How to Make a Sand Peel 〰️
Our Projects
Rio Grande
New Mexico // Colorado
Buffalo Bayou
Houston, Texas
Colorado River
Colorado // Arizona // California
“Our society needs a way to consider both human time and earth time to understand and adapt to our rapidly changing climate and world.”
— Kate Kendall, Artist
Today, the human time scale dominates our social and political values and choices. The sand peel sculptures offer a reading of deep earth time along with human time. Our society needs a way to consider both human time and earth time to understand and adapt to our rapidly changing climate and world.
Using this technique as a basis for artistic and geologic interpretation, Jerry and Kate are excited to unearth and share the lessons on flow, time and human coexistence with nature that bodies of water have to offer.
Get Involved
If you are interested in collaborating or helping fund Flow Archives please reach out. We love to hear from you!