Mayapple Tapestry clay modeling McNamara lives in New York

McNamara lives in New York City

Rudyard Kipling's beloved story comes to life on the stage or in your backyard

Originally published in 1935

Martin Tempralis

Mother Playing with Child

Mayapple Tapestry clay modeling McNamara lives in New YorkAn illustration of thriving mayapples above a pair of box turtles adorn a lightweight raw silk tapestry. The most interesting aspect of mayapple ecology to me is that, in at least part of its range, mayapple relies on box turtles as their main seed dispersers. Box turtles relish the fruit and seeds passing through the gut of the turtle are much more likely to germinate. These textiles are botanically dyed with bioregional plants by White Pine Rising,