Diana will share a slide presentation of some of her work exhibited in here in San Antonio in indoor and outdoor spaces. All have an environmental theme, illustrating the lives of organisms found in our south Texas region. You may have seen one of her works, the ceramics mounted on the Mulberry St. bridge in Brackenridge Park showing the life cycle of the Texas Bull Frog in beautiful turquoise, blue, and green ceramic oval tiles.
Diana will also show us the unique ollas she has created, how she conceives and crafts them, and provide examples of how they have been used here in San Antonio (e.g. Beacon Hill Community Garden). Ollas (unglazed clay pots) are an old yet efficient irrigation technology especially important in times of drought. The pots, partially buried in the soil and filled with water, provide a slow, consistent moisture supply to adjacent plants simply by osmosis and capillary action, without wasteful evaporation, percolation, or runoff. The soil surface remains dry, discouraging seedling weed growth. With addition of a cap, evaporative loss and mosquito growth are minimized.