A little over a year ago, when I was looking half a century in the face, I decided there was no better time to take on a different sort of project: A year-long meditation resulting in a 50th birthday book. … Continue reading book-y fifty time capsule…
I mushed up a pulp in my basement — torn up bits of the brown paper bags I often use to build my more sculptural books — and miraculously turned it into some lumpy, bumpy, delightfully imperfect new sheets of … Continue reading making paper, molding mountains…
If you haven’t sewn on paper (not just through it) before, I highly recommend it. This year, I spent some time working with a few gorgeous pieces of handmade “monsoon” paper from Cave Paper out of Tucson, and because it … Continue reading folding and sewing and printing…
What happens when we close our eyes and follow our brains wherever they may take us? For this so-far-untitled book, I let my mind wander from the inside of my eyelids, to my childhood farm, and to the sky above. … Continue reading a piece of my mind…
This year marks the 15th anniversary of The Light Ekphrastic, my literary arts journal, a true labor of love. To celebrate, my friend Melissa Penley Cormier and I curated an exhibit of art and writing at the Howard County Arts … Continue reading light ecstatic…
We all have secret selves — things we like, and things we don’t. I started this project, “Divine Layers,” thinking about things I *don’t* really like about myself. But, as I continued to work, and as the shapes and images … Continue reading divine layers…
I’m thrilled to share that one of my book art sculptures, Flight Pattern, is part of the Baker Artist Awards “Off the Web” exhibit at The Peale in downtown Baltimore. So cool! The show is up through January 19, 2025. … Continue reading off the web…
I am just thrilled to share that Lenett and I were recently featured guests on a wonderful podcast called “Art Heals All Wounds.” Host Pam Uzzell talked with us not only about our book art practices and our friendship, but … Continue reading art heals all wounds…
I feel very lucky to have such an amazing friendship with fellow book artist Lenett Partlow-Myrick. We showed our work together at the Hamilton Gallery in Baltimore in 2018, and have been conspiring ever since to make it happen again. … Continue reading dos-à-dos II…
I don’t want to jinx it, and I really do rather enjoy being a homebody, but I’ve got some plans to emerge from my pandemic-induced hibernation soon. And fortunately for everyone involved, I’ll be doing it with some very dear … Continue reading zut alors, she has emerged…
