Wildfire Pin

A wearable art piece (that smells like smoke) in response to Alberta getting ready to roll out new Strong and Free (provincial motto) licence plates. (For over fifty years, Alberta’s licence plates displayed the slogan Wild Rose Country.) In response, I’ve made ten Wild Fire Alberta licence plates, one for each community in Alberta where I, my friends and family have been evacuated from/affected by wildfires over the past few years. The yellow licence plates were in use from 1975 to 1983, and I fondly remember them on vehicles when I was a kid, as yellow was my favourite colour. I now see the yellow on the plates as a warning, indicating a need to proceed with caution during a time of extensive wildfire activity and to prioritize our relationship to the land.