FIRE TO FIRE: From the Big Bang to the Red Planet
A Timeline of the Earth's Past, Present, and Future in Paper

Fire to Fire: From the Big Bang to the Red Planet: A Timeline of the Earth’s Past, Present, and Future in Paper, 2011
handmade paper (abaca, cotton, flax, linen, campfire charcoal, red and green marine algae, lobster shell, dried anchovies, roots, ants, shed snakeskin, feathers, pressed flowers, fur and leather, egg shells, vegetable seeds, ground cloves, litter, coarse desert sand, beach sand, pigment), commercial paper, thread, pva, ink
36.5 x 7.5 x 2 inches (flat)

Table of Contents
1. 4600 million years ago (ma) The Big Bang
2. 4000 ma Molten Rock
3. 4000 ma Water
4. 3500 ma Photosynthesis
5. 2300 ma Great Oxygenation Event
6. 2300 ma Atmosphere
7. 1000 ma Seaweeds
8. 555 ma Arthropods
9. 430 ma Plants Root on Land
10. 430 ma Insects
11. 530 ma Vertebrates
12. 300 ma Reptiles
13. 248 ma Extinction Event
14. 150 ma Birds take flight
15. 125 ma Flowering Plants
16. 65 ma Extinction Event
17. 60 ma Mammals Dominate
18. 10 thousand years ago (ka) Animal Domestication
19. 10 ka Agriculture
20. 6 ka Copper Age
21. 5 ka Bronze Age
22. 3 ka Iron Age
23. 1400s Exploration + Trade
24. 1750-1800s Industrial Revolution
25. 1900s Pollution
26. 2000s Drying Flora
27. 2025 Dried Flora
28. 2050 Fires
29. 2075 Charred Flora
30. 2100 Desertification
31. 2200 The Red Planet

Fire to Fire is a timeline of the Earth’s past, present, and future in 31 different types of paper. Utilizing specific fibers, inclusions, and pigments each section refers to a particular event in the history and possible future of our planet.