Kelsey Aho
@geoartwork.bsky.social
river art, maps and plants in Alaska and western Balkans
www.geoart.work
www.geoart.work
🔥⚱️ This Friday, come touch art made with ash from the 2025 Bonanza Creek fire @uafairbanks.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🔥⚱️ This Friday, come touch art made with ash from the 2025 Bonanza Creek fire @uafairbanks.bsky.social
test tiles of two clays from Fairbanks, AK
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
test tiles of two clays from Fairbanks, AK
The Fairbanks Pottery Guild poured play and wit into the Bear Gallery this month, and two of the mugs are made with ash from the 2025 Bonanza Creek fire!
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The Fairbanks Pottery Guild poured play and wit into the Bear Gallery this month, and two of the mugs are made with ash from the 2025 Bonanza Creek fire!
Tea strainers shaped like summer flora. Partially vitrified so that each use can deepen the flavor.
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Tea strainers shaped like summer flora. Partially vitrified so that each use can deepen the flavor.
Dis/comfort exhibition is open!
There's sub-arctic clay on display. There's sub-arctic clay urging you to get your hands dirty.
There's sub-arctic clay on display. There's sub-arctic clay urging you to get your hands dirty.
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dis/comfort exhibition is open!
There's sub-arctic clay on display. There's sub-arctic clay urging you to get your hands dirty.
There's sub-arctic clay on display. There's sub-arctic clay urging you to get your hands dirty.
Join Vanessa Raymond and me this afternoon on KSUA 91.5 FM at 4pm Alaska for an hour of "Them Thar Hills".
We're chatting about post-mining river restoration. Featuring music of up(Yukon)river and downriver fiddlers.
We're chatting about post-mining river restoration. Featuring music of up(Yukon)river and downriver fiddlers.
October 15, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Join Vanessa Raymond and me this afternoon on KSUA 91.5 FM at 4pm Alaska for an hour of "Them Thar Hills".
We're chatting about post-mining river restoration. Featuring music of up(Yukon)river and downriver fiddlers.
We're chatting about post-mining river restoration. Featuring music of up(Yukon)river and downriver fiddlers.
Bomb threat at UAF. Working from home where the sun shines on the glaze made with ash from the recent bonanza creek fire.
September 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Bomb threat at UAF. Working from home where the sun shines on the glaze made with ash from the recent bonanza creek fire.
did you hear the geese this morning?
September 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
did you hear the geese this morning?
In the lab measuring what percentage of Alaska soils are clay. 🌈 The colors!
September 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In the lab measuring what percentage of Alaska soils are clay. 🌈 The colors!
at the pottery studio, carving slip made with ash from the bonanza creek fire
September 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
at the pottery studio, carving slip made with ash from the bonanza creek fire
Have you seen these aerial photos from 1938? Folks in interior Alaska have been looking for them for years. Sharing a PDF of the poster you can find on bulletin boards here in Fairbanks, Alaska.
September 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Have you seen these aerial photos from 1938? Folks in interior Alaska have been looking for them for years. Sharing a PDF of the poster you can find on bulletin boards here in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Alaska has banned import, transport, and sale of prunus padus aka chokecherry!
August 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Alaska has banned import, transport, and sale of prunus padus aka chokecherry!
Edible Alaska published my short piece about the river sediment on the dinner table.
> Traditional clay containers for food storage and preparation.
> Contemporary ceramic bowls and plates for sharing meals.
> Traditional clay containers for food storage and preparation.
> Contemporary ceramic bowls and plates for sharing meals.
August 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Edible Alaska published my short piece about the river sediment on the dinner table.
> Traditional clay containers for food storage and preparation.
> Contemporary ceramic bowls and plates for sharing meals.
> Traditional clay containers for food storage and preparation.
> Contemporary ceramic bowls and plates for sharing meals.
good evening blueberry mimicker
July 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
good evening blueberry mimicker
Agnes Meyer-Brandis set up "Tea with a Tree" - a site to book a video conference with live-streamed forests from around the world. While covid might be over, she keeps the site up and running for us all: teawithatree.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Agnes Meyer-Brandis set up "Tea with a Tree" - a site to book a video conference with live-streamed forests from around the world. While covid might be over, she keeps the site up and running for us all: teawithatree.com
♥️ rad text message to wake up to! #morelovelessinvasives
July 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
♥️ rad text message to wake up to! #morelovelessinvasives
Thankful that @ak-dof.bsky.social put in mechanical fuel break between that cloud and town. Also, broad use of the following fire resistant plants:
July 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Thankful that @ak-dof.bsky.social put in mechanical fuel break between that cloud and town. Also, broad use of the following fire resistant plants:
Work can be a party! We harvested wild plants - mostly invasives - for wedding aisle arrangements, bouquets, table center pieces.
DM to collaborate.
DM to collaborate.
June 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Work can be a party! We harvested wild plants - mostly invasives - for wedding aisle arrangements, bouquets, table center pieces.
DM to collaborate.
DM to collaborate.
Pulling reed canarygrass.
Weaving them into wedding floral arrangements. Chatting with guests about #invasivespecies.
Weaving them into wedding floral arrangements. Chatting with guests about #invasivespecies.
June 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pulling reed canarygrass.
Weaving them into wedding floral arrangements. Chatting with guests about #invasivespecies.
Weaving them into wedding floral arrangements. Chatting with guests about #invasivespecies.
and the fuel treatments they complete before summer!
forestrymaps-soa-dnr.hub.arcgis.com/apps/fd44fd3...
forestrymaps-soa-dnr.hub.arcgis.com/apps/fd44fd3...
June 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
and the fuel treatments they complete before summer!
forestrymaps-soa-dnr.hub.arcgis.com/apps/fd44fd3...
forestrymaps-soa-dnr.hub.arcgis.com/apps/fd44fd3...
10 new paintings downtown, including "Bird Bath" in front of The Library:
June 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
10 new paintings downtown, including "Bird Bath" in front of The Library:
Fairbanks artists plan to paint stormwater drains this weekend. Magnifying the 2" sketches to 4'.
June 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Fairbanks artists plan to paint stormwater drains this weekend. Magnifying the 2" sketches to 4'.
Waited 4 days after the hail storm to check on the remnants of this ceramic installation. Hello precarity, my old friend!
June 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Waited 4 days after the hail storm to check on the remnants of this ceramic installation. Hello precarity, my old friend!
installing above-ground clay leaf sculptures and below-ground clay water storage containers at the #GeorgesonBotanicalGarden to improve soil moisture
May 30, 2025 at 1:34 AM
installing above-ground clay leaf sculptures and below-ground clay water storage containers at the #GeorgesonBotanicalGarden to improve soil moisture
good morning for willow mimickers
May 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
good morning for willow mimickers