Roadside Botanicals, 2019
Photographs printed on rag paper, pigment dye ink, Japanese stab stitch binding.
Partially funded with a grant from the CSU-ERFSA Foundation.
Artist's Books
My interest in creating Artist's Books began with an obsession for old photo albums found in thrift stores. Holding images of peoples' treasured moments from their family celebrations, vacations and travels, they were seldom completely filled leaving several blank pages. The first book exhibited, titled Vanishing Points, used photographs from my own files of places that or things that had disappeared—torn down, chopped down, removed for new development or lost to environmental issues. Using the old photographic printing-out papers unfixed, the images would slowly darken in the gallery, eventually reversing to negatives, speaking to the loss of treasured places and things. From there I began creating artist's book format more frequently for specific projects.
Castoffs & Treasures at the Thrift Store, 2017
Vintage photograph album with original shoestring binding reinforced with Japanese
stab stitching, pigment ink photographs on rag paper, handcrafted slipcase. Created for
Sustainability exhibition.
stab stitching, pigment ink photographs on rag paper, handcrafted slipcase. Created for
Sustainability exhibition.
Headlines Journal, 2016
Accordion book, pigment ink print photographs on rag paper, black mat board, sandpaper, raffia.
Created for Climate Change exhibition.
Drought Landscapes, 2015
Accordion book, pigment ink print photographs on rag paper, fabric on board, leather lanyard.
Created for Creation Care: Water exhibition.
Created for Creation Care: Water exhibition.
Dr. Consonant's Greek Album, 2014
Vintage Photo Album, pigment ink print photographs on rag paper, black photo corners.
Created for Dr. Consonant Collects: New Objects from The Repository of Wonders,
two-person installation with Susan Malmström, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts,
Canning, Nova Scotia
Vanishing Points, 1998
Vintage Photo Album, images exposed on photographic printing-out paper.