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artist books, fall 2013.

 
 
gourmet heaven
 
a closer look at some carry out food. 
3" x 3"
paper, collage, sharpie on shrunken carry out box plastic
 
 
 
 
apple book
 
seed, flesh, skin, stem.
2" x 2"
paper, balsa wood, acetate, apple bits
 
 
 
 
hurt history
 
a compendium of minor injuries and illnesses.
~ 5" x 4"
paper, embroidery floss, styrofoam stamp prints, acetone transfers
 
 
 
 
bisclavret
 
based on a 12th century lai by marie de france.
~ 6" x 9" 
paper, ink, gold leaf, acetone transfer
 
 
 
 
twelve years
~ circles ~ 2" diameter
plastic toy, paper, cloth samples, gold leaf, sealing wax
 
 
 
 
haunted hill houses
depicting five of risd's hill houses and their respective (alleged) resident spirits.
each house ~ 4" x 4" x 4"
paper, gold ink ,string, tracing paper
 
 
 
 
don't feed the animals
 
front panels depicting romanticized visions of circus animals can be removed to reveal gory scenes hiding within.
paper, ribbon, pen, watercolor, gold ink, acetone transfers
 
 
 
 
modified french textbook
 
the previous owner of this french textbook had underlined it extensively. from the first half of the book, i cut out some of the words and phrases she had marked as significant, and recombined them in an order specific to my own experience -- two poems, one in french, one in english. the second half of the book serves as a vessel for the two poems.
 
~ 9" x 6" x 2"
found book, paper, museum board
 
artist books, fall 2013.
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artist books, fall 2013.

with judy sue sturges, risd illustration, fall 2013.

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