There are tides that can be documented and tides that can only be read. Reading happens differently — at the tide pool on the north side, at the precise hour when the water begins to glow, in the dark, with a spiral of shells arranged on the wet rock as the instrument. The moon floats in the water beside her, not metaphorically: it is there, present in the bioluminescence, governing the whole proceeding from just below the surface. The California poppies grow from the rock where the salt should have killed them. She is completely absorbed in what she's doing, which looks from the outside like something between science and ceremony and is, she would probably tell you, simply the work.
The Tide Reader is the collection's most powerful figurative piece — the image that explains Cleo's practice better than any document in the archive could. Some knowledge can't be filed. It can only be performed, at the site, by the person who knows where to stand. This is the print for the room where you understand that.
- Archival quality giclée · fade-resistant inks on fine art paper
- Available in multiple sizes
- Available unframed, framed (no mat), or framed with mat · see product tabs for sizing details
- Unframed ships flat (5×7–11×14) or rolled (16×20+)
- Part of the Poppy + Pacific collection by Paperfinch Worlds
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Unframed
- Archival quality giclee
- Fade-resistant inks + fine art paper
- 5x7 / 8x10 / 11x14 ships flat
- 16x20 and larger ships rolled
Framed — No Mat
- Fade-resistant inks + fine art paper
- Real wood frame + glass front
- Removable backside
- Print fills the frame edge to edge — the size you select is the size on your wall
Framed — With Mat
- Fade-resistant inks + fine art paper
- Real wood frame + glass front
- Removable backside
- Your print is one size smaller, centered with a mat border — so the frame on your wall is one size larger than the print you select. Final frame sizes are as follows:
| 5x7 print |
8x10 frame |
| 8x10 print |
11x14 frame |
| 11x14 print |
16x20 frame |
| 16x20 print |
18x24 frame |
| 18x24 print |
22x28 frame |
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