THE MAKING OF A SAND PEEL
We used a method developed by Moiola et al. (1969) involving digging a trench, applying cheesecloth to the face and painting it with a plastic polymer dissolved in acetone (Fig. 6.4).
This video walks through the steps to make a sand peel. A sand peel is a geologic science tool used to capture and archive sediment deposit patterns. Flow Archive is collaboration between artist/daughter Kate Kendall and geologist/father Jerry Kendall to consider the intersecting flows of time, sediment, water, and humans. The sand peel is the basis of their artwork. This video features footage from two Flow Archive projects: Hurricane Harvey sediment deposits at Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston, Texas and dune sediment deposits at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado which is at the top of the Rio Grande river system.
How to Make a Sand Peel
Credits
Jerry Kendall and Kate Kendall
Filmed 2017-2020
Footage from Great Sand Dunes National Park, Colorado and Buffalo Bayou Park in Houston, Texas
Special thanks to the Great Sand Dunes National Park, Jan-Claire Phillips, Carola Stearns and Tom Byrde
Figure 6.4. View of sand peel X (Plate 7) while the dissolved plastic polymer was being painted on.