Category: From 2020

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A Narrative of Trust

  • A wide shot of Trust, from the right. 5 x 5 inches. Cotton paper, black ink, and black book cloth. 2020.

Examining the interaction between poetry, images, and books, Find\Trust tells the narrative of trust. It also takes a look at the necessity of audience participation with artist books and removes some of the control through use of video projection (not included in the images).

  • An image of a spread in Trust. 5 x 5 inches. Cotton paper, black ink, and black book cloth. 2020.
  • A wide shot of Trust, from the left. 5 x 5 inches. Cotton paper, black ink, and black book cloth. 2020.

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All Answers, Some Questions

This most recent artwork, Just Answers, pushes against the boundaries of what is an artist book, dives into a highly conceptual realm about the relationship between answers and their questions.

  • Full view of the installation, Just Answers. Full installation 2 x 1.5 feet; Artist Book 3 x 5 inches. Index cards, black ink, black ribbon, glass bowl. 2020.
  • A spread of the artist book, Just Answers. Full installation 2 x 1.5 feet; Artist Book 3 x 5 inches. Index cards, black ink, black ribbon, glass bowl. 2020.

How does an answer relate to the question which generated it? Which is more important, the answer or the question? What is an answer without a question? Are a few questions that this work raises as it explores words, language, responses, and interaction within art. Read more here.

  • An image of a card with a response question in Just Answers. Full installation 2 x 1.5 feet; Artist Book 3 x 5 inches. Index cards, black ink, black ribbon, glass bowl. 2020.
  • An image of one of the cards with an original question in Just Answers. Full installation 2 x 1.5 feet; Artist Book 3 x 5 inches. Index cards, black ink, black ribbon, glass bowl. 2020.
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Five Works and Five Perspectives

  • A close up of the back of the book Bound in the Five Perspectives collection. The book Support is in the background. The collection is comprised of 5 books: Bound, Passion, Broken, Support, and Devotion. 2020.
  • The front cover of the book, Bound. 3 x 5 inches. Cardstock, handmade cotton paper, black, gold, and red ink, hemp thread. 2020.

Relationships are a constant in our lives, whether through family, friends, significant others, and beyond. Many of us also have multiple types of relationships at any given time. The artworks: Bound, Passion, Broken, Support, and Devotion, make up a collection of artists books called Five Perspectives. Each explore a single type of relationship through poetry, words, and symbolism.

  • The full set of all five books in the Five Perspectives collection. The collection is comprised of 5 books: Bound, Passion, Broken, Support, and Devotion. 2020.
  • The back cover of the book, Passion. 3 x 5 inches. Cardstock, handmade cotton paper, black, gold, and red ink, hemp thread. 2020.

Read more about this work here.