Weave of Life is an evolving modular installation by Nancy Fritz, a Fort Wayne-based artist whose work combines encaustic painting, salvaged materials, and sacred geometry to explore nature, memory, and community connection. The current scope will include 700 individually crafted encaustic and mixed media panels, forming a large-scale Flower of Life pattern—a symbol used across cultures to represent wholeness and interconnection.

The earliest panels incorporate drawings, handwriting, and personal imagery from the last 40 years of the artist’s life. As the project grows, Nancy is integrating a variety of encaustic and mixed media materials, many of them reclaimed from life and events like Zero Landfill Day, transforming things we discard into contemplative works of art. These materials include textiles, old drawings, newspapers, and other remnants that would otherwise enter the waste stream. The modular nature of the work allows it to expand, adapt, and travel to public exhibitions while maintaining a strong connection to place and community.

Weave of Life will serve as both a large-scale visual archive and a platform for community dialogue around sustainability, connection, and creative transformation.