3 New Titles
Privacy Please
At first glance tongue in cheek, this book considers the stripping away of women’s privacy surrounding reproductive rights and healthcare. Here, the reproductive parts of each flower are concealed by pixelation, giving these flowers and their pollination more privacy than women are similarly afforded in many states of the USA. If only women are treated as well as the flowers they are often compared to…
Inkjet printed on handmade paper, twine. Edition of 20, 2024
Inkjet printed on handmade paper, twine. Edition of 20, 2024
Rust Belt
The Rust Belt, formerly called Steel Belt, is a region of the Northeast and Midwest United States in which the local economies specialized in large scale manufacturing of heavy industrial and consumer products. At one time considered America’s heartland, the Rust Belt began to experience industrial decline in the 1950’s and has continued to do so since. The elimination and outsourcing of jobs led to economic distress resulting in population decline as workers began to look elsewhere for good paying jobs.
The photos used on the front of the accordion structure as well as the cover were taken south of Detroit, Michigan along highway I-75. They are some of the remains of an era of manufacturing prosperity. The backside of the accordion structure features a photograph of the new Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, which continues to thrive today. Pressed tin ornamentation became a popular and affordable element of American architecture from the 1880s to 1930s during the height of the Steel Belt manufacturing boom, and was commonly used on ceilings. The decorative book closure is reminiscent of the pressed tin ceiling tiles commonly found in the homes of American workers who could once earn a substantial wage - enough to comfortably raise a family on a single income - at one of the many industrial plants or factories. The book closure is representative of that bygone era.
Inkjet printed paper, tin closure 5 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 1/4" Edition of 20, 2024
The photos used on the front of the accordion structure as well as the cover were taken south of Detroit, Michigan along highway I-75. They are some of the remains of an era of manufacturing prosperity. The backside of the accordion structure features a photograph of the new Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, which continues to thrive today. Pressed tin ornamentation became a popular and affordable element of American architecture from the 1880s to 1930s during the height of the Steel Belt manufacturing boom, and was commonly used on ceilings. The decorative book closure is reminiscent of the pressed tin ceiling tiles commonly found in the homes of American workers who could once earn a substantial wage - enough to comfortably raise a family on a single income - at one of the many industrial plants or factories. The book closure is representative of that bygone era.
Inkjet printed paper, tin closure 5 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 1/4" Edition of 20, 2024
Life is But a Dream - alternate edition
To some the sea is an irresistible enigma. What is there in the lure of its depths and of its waves that never break the same? It is a calling that cannot be resisted, much like the siren's song. A promise of blue, peaceful bliss.
Or, just delusion.
One continuous wave approaches and crashes seamlessly from page to page as an origami boat boasting the mantra 'life is but a dream' rides the crest and fall of ach turning page. The call of the sea is printed on vellum followed by a helpless plea to disobey, each washed away by the turn of the page, relinquished to the sea.
zine version of the original silk book. Inkjet printed paper, vellum, origami boat, string. 7 1/2" x 6". Edition of 20, 2024
Or, just delusion.
One continuous wave approaches and crashes seamlessly from page to page as an origami boat boasting the mantra 'life is but a dream' rides the crest and fall of ach turning page. The call of the sea is printed on vellum followed by a helpless plea to disobey, each washed away by the turn of the page, relinquished to the sea.
zine version of the original silk book. Inkjet printed paper, vellum, origami boat, string. 7 1/2" x 6". Edition of 20, 2024