Cotton, Glass, Silkscreen Prints, Grave Rubbings, Earth, Plant Matter

2021

The passage of time exists beyond the control of any living being. Organic matter will always decay, rot, and return to the earth. We as human beings may do everything in our power to create immortality, but life will always exist under the scrutiny of time.

In 100 years will you still exist, even as a memory? A name carved into stone prolongs how long you are proven to exist. But is this proof enough? Do you cease to exist when everyone who ever knew you is gone? Or is it when the stone bearing your name wears away with the rain? Can memory make you immortal?

As grains of rock wash away with the rain and passage of time, the engravings become harder to decipher until there is only a trace that words were once present. My work grows, decays, and changes as time passes.

Screen Prints, Mulberry Paper, Beeswax, Eucalyptus

2019

In the print world, the standard is to create work that is enduring and will not show signs of wear and aging. With this series, I have made prints that will show signs of wear. Creases will form in the beeswax that cannot be undone. The eucalyptus will wilt and dry out. The thin mulberry paper is susceptible to tearing.

I’ve coupled these media with imagery of my grandparents’ garden when I was little. Much like the physical properties of the prints, as time passes memories begin to change and eventually will become something entirely disparate from the original experience. As with these prints, the mind is non-archival.

Folio of self portraits and ecoprints printed with light reactive dye on mulberry paper that has been coated with beeswax and plant matter

Cyanotypes and ecoprints on paper, linen, and silk

CMYK screenprint print on Rives BFK paper

Self portraits on BFK printed with light reactive dye

Cyanotypes on rag and parchment paper

Relief print using a 3D printed matrix on Rives BFK paper

Linocut print on Rives BFK paper

3 layer screen print on rag paper and mulberry paper

Multi-layer screen print of grave rubbings on rice paper

Grave rubbings on newsprint from historic cemeteries in Maine

Layered grave rubbings screen printed on plate glass

CMYK screen print on Rives BFK

intaglio print with chine-collé

Relief prints made with a laser cut woodblock matrix and laser cut chine-collé beetles

A collection of woodblock relief prints. The matrix was made by scanning embroidered designs on fabric and using a laser cutter to engrave the design on a woodblock.