Before the Blight - 12" x 18" - hooked art

"Before the Blight" is a view down a country road as it may have looked before the elm blight of a generation ago. 

I started thinking more about the whole idea of blight, and this pattern for me is also a statement on the importance of preserving and improving environmental conditions in our spectacular nation and world.

Wool strip and yarn on linen foundation. Bound with twill tape binding, not visible from the front. (Photo shows the piece prior to binding.)