A Like Note

New Print

For a long time I've been interested in dimensional/sculptural prints. Matter of fact, that's what I focused on in graduate school-where I made a series of printed paper garments
On a little lighter but similar note, I'm starting a series of foldable relief prints.
Here is the first one:
This reduction woodblock print is titled is Outbound Plane.
Here are a couple of images of print itself, and further down is stop animation video of the print being folded.





Give me a shout if you would like one, or make similar work.

Art of the Book Exhibition

I'm proud to have co-curated the Art of the Book Exhibition, that will open on October 30 at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington. From Pyramid Atlantic's archive, Anna Spelman and I chose 40 works of art that include books, prints, and portfolios-that we felt exemplified a strong sense of concept, was visually engaging, and related to the book as an art form.
Please come to the reception: October 30, 2-4pm
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington DC, Goldman Art Gallery
6125 Montrose Road, Rockville MD 20852

Paper, Rock and a Mother of a Thousand

Fascination: plants growing out of cracks in rocks. When I'm hiking and see this phenomena, it makes me wonder how long (years, decades?) it took for that to happen, and it makes me consider how all of those necessary elements-dirt, water, sun, had to be present. What timing!
So, I've been making some paper 'rocks' of my own. I pigmented the pulp, strained it, and formed it into the shapes, sort of similar to pinch pots. After they dried a bit, I put a little soil in the faults, then planted a Mother of a Thousand seed.

I'm curious to see what will happen to the paper rocks as the plants grow. Will they crack? Will they decompose? Or will the plant just only get so big....I'm thinking that is what will happen.
Anyway, I'll keep you posted.

Photos by Franc Rosario

On the same wave(length)

Last week to see the Wavelengths Exhibition-hope you can make it! Honfluer Gallery presents Wavelengths, an exhibition of four installation artists, curated by microwave project. The four artists (including yours truly) were invited to created installations throughout the gallery, based on their interpretation of the concept of wavelength. Other artists in the exhibition: Yasim Spiro, Jessica Braiterman, and Alexandra Zealand.

Honfluer Gallery
1241 Good Hope Road, SE
Washington, DC 20020
202-536-8994

Food/Hunger Portfolio Exchange and Exhibition

I'm excited to be participating in a very unique portfolio exchange called Food/Hunger. Other participants include: Adriane Herman, Ashton Ludden, Damir Porobic, Gregory Daiker, Jeff Badger, Jonathan Stewart, Justin Richel, Lis Janes, Sara E Worden, Sarah McNeil and Tyson Jaques.

Portfolios are currently on display at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery on High Street in Portland, Maine. Seven portfolios will be sold by silent auction and one will be sold by raffle. There is a reception Friday June 24th from 4-7pm. All proceeds from the project will go to benefit Cultivating Community.

Go to the Food/Hunger Portfolio Exchange blog to see images of the show and learn more about the project.

Thanks so much to Lis Janes, for organizing the project and inviting me to participate.

The beautiful math of coral

I finally got over to see the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History.



I was especially excited to see it because my dear friend, Inga Hamiliton, is a contributor in the exhibition. Not only was it a captivating show, but it was fun to hear delighted children point out upcycled and unusual 'art materials' such as such as plastic bags and pop bottles.
Margaret and Christine Werthiem, created this exhibition that combines the mathematics of hyperbolic geometry with the delicateness of what is traditionally women’s handicraft. It not only displays these artworks, but incorporates an ever-growing social project—teaching others around the world how to crochet hyperbolically and make their own reefs. By working through this process and viewing the art, one can see the correlation between the crocheted reefs and living corals, such as the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

Margaret Wertheim recently gave this very cool talk about the project.

Fast Forward-Stop-Rewind

Two of my girls, Kieu Lam and Kelly O'Brien, will be leaving to live abroad soon. Kieu will be heading up a very cool book art program called Bound in Japan, and Kelly will be moving to Germany to continue working on books and prints, and soak up the amazing art community that Heidelberg offers.
As two of the dearest friends I've made during my time out here on the east coast, I'm sad to see them go, but I'm so excited to know that they are continuing their creative endeavors-growing as artists & inspiring others.

Catching up on what I've been up to...
Last month I was in Lumina Studio Theatre's production of Canterbury Tales.



What creatives can do on a tiny budget never ceases to amaze me.
Photographs by Linda Parker





And finished my book for The Love Library project. It will be on display during the Southern Graphics Council Conference at the Craft Alliance Gallery in St. Louis.