A mapmaker with the U.S. Forest Service is incorporating bits of mineral soil from the Yukon River, Mendenhall Glacier and other sites into small ceramic tiles that represent a connection to all corners of Alaska, writes science columnist Ned Rozell.
Kelsey Aho works as a mapmaker for the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska. She is also an artist who collects earthen materials on her travels around the state.
Aho transforms the soil into palm-size ceramic tiles that help her share Alaska with people who might not get to those places. She got the idea for the project after her aunt and uncle’s house in Michigan burned down. Aho’s father Doug, a fellow clay enthusiast, gathered some of the ash and gave it to his daughter.
Kelsey Aho holds a jar of clay she collected while fishing for hooligan on Turnagain Arm near Anchorage in 2021.
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