The Seed Sphinx (2025-ongoing) is a seed packed rammed earth sculpture, created for the Burgoyne Bay Community Garden on Salt Spring Island.

The project was shaped by research and practice with seed bombs, rammed earth, ephemeral sculpture and the use of sentinals for architectural adornment and framing.

Made from locally sourced compost, clay, sand, crushed eggshells, manure, and wildflower seeds—and shaped into a sentinel-like sphinx form that will slowly shift with time, weather, and plant growth. It is intended to decompose gradually over the summer, eventually returning to the earth as part of the garden bed where it sits. I think of this work as a living installation, and an experiment in how ephemeral and seasonal art practices can engage with ecological communities.

Updates will be made to this page and the project as new documentation emerges.

This project was supported by a Catalyst Grant from Salt Spring Arts and the Wilding Foundation. I’m deeply grateful to the gardeners and broader community at Bourgoyne Valley for welcoming this little experiment into the landscape.