V3 – regular voice + waterV4 – regular voice partially audible, plus other soundsV5 – Whisper, partially audible in middle and at end, plus other soundsV6 – Whisper, inaudible, plus other sounds V7 – no voice, plus all the other sounds
“Twelve Yards of Trading Cloth” 35′ x 22″ | front & back monoprints, india ink, linen thread, linen tape
Inquiry:
How do I move this book into space, so it’s something the viewer walks around and experiences all at once? I envision this work hanging or moving across a space, referencing fabric, water, a pathway.
A beginning, unsuccessful attempt to think about how the book can exist in space.
One idea is one or more standing sculptures, to hang the work over. This might have a large circular drum on the top (like a drum of a printing press), but also with a handle, something that feels industrial. And the stand made of wood or metal.
FRONT: 14 ghost monoprints with India Ink
BACK: Excerpts from the Backside of the accordion | 14 monoprints, linen tape
OTHER Works-In-Progress: ideas growing out of Cotton Hollow research
ERASURE – monoprints
ARCHIVE – How do I engage with the historical images? What about them am I drawn to? What do I do with them, if anything?
ARCHIVE/ARCHEOLOGY – How do I engage with the material of the place? How might I investigate it? Play with it?
Ongoing collections & arrangements of objects in the studio, from ongoing walks/investigations in Cotton Hollow. I’m thinking about the vibrancy of materials, about archaeology, about place-based history. Historical records discussed a samp mortar made and used by the Nayaug, the indigenous that lived here before the settler colonists. The records said that it was on the north side of the tallest dam. I recently had luck finding it, after looking many times before. I haveen’t been able to get close to it yet. It’s in the exact spot of the dam and would have been covered by water from the da
Playing with Paper Circuits
October 2023 Update – WIP
Prototype for “Twelve Yards of Trading Cloth,” India Ink on monoprint, 150″ x 22″
22″ x 30″ India Ink on monoprint22″ x 30″ India Ink on monoprintdetail 22″ x 30″ India Ink on monoprintdetail 22″ x 30″ India Ink on monoprintdetail 25″ x 40″ India Ink on monoprint6.5″ x 72″ India ink on monoprint, waxed thread
PROCESS – monoprints, research, drawings
Cotton Hollow drawings, all India Ink on acorn dyed watercolor paper, 6″ x 9″ each
