A story told through letters, photographs, maps, memorabilia, poetry, conversation and paintings spun into 29 full color collages that illustrate the revelation of a secret, an ancestry, an identity, a family --Artist's website
Scrapbook of materials, including news articles and photographs, describing births and incidents of crimes against children, ca. 1986-1992; Bound with yarn, Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of the University of Oregon, Dept. of Fine and Applied Arts, Artists' Books course, 1992
Black and white photographs of a reservoir; The image in each photo is only visible in the center of each photo, the rest of the photo is black; Bound in plastic report cover with clip binding, Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' books course, 1987
On a December day in 2005, the artist visited her home town of Saginaw, Michigan. During the twentieth century, Saginaw was an important manufacturing town, but manufacturing and the automotive industry declined and by the end of the century unemployment, poverty and crime, including gang activity had created an urban blight. This book is a photographic essay on the once attractive neighborhoods of Saganaw which are now largely burnt out and boarded up. Issued in folded chip-board case with velcro closure and the title stamped on the upper flap. The book is bound with post and screw in an album style. Covers are made of plywood, pages contain color photographs printed with acid free inks on Janus Duo Card paper. Page edges are hand burned. Text is digitally printed using Franklin Gothic. The title is burned into wood cover. Includes a map of the Saginaw neighborhood where the photos were shot. The artist writes: "The genesis of this book was a drive my husband and I took about three years ago while visiting friends in Detroit. In a two mile stretch of road, near tony Grosse Pointe, we saw so many burned out or boarded up houses that the area looked like it had been bombed. We were shocked and saddened to see this urban wasteland. An artist book was born on this trip as the images haunted me for three years while I waited for the chance to go back and shoot the photographs. After some research I discovered that what we saw that day was not unusual. Detroit's infamous battle with Devils' Night arson has left the city ravaged. But, what shocked me most was that I found the same kind of blight in my own home town of Saginaw, located 100 miles north of Detroit. Finally, three years after seeing these houses in Detroit the artist book I had in mind became even more personal and more important to complete.", Signed by the artist
This book is entirely made from a heavy weight printmaking paper in the album style with a very small accordion attached to front and back paper covers. Covers are also connected by paper tapes to limit the accordion from fully opening. French folded pages are attached creating pockets within which are cards topped by a shaped edge to allow the reader to pull the cards up and read the text. The entire book is printed in what appears to be a photo silkscreened process in cyan blue. Short story concerns a college freshman calling home to discuss a sexual harassment situation in one of her classes., Signed by the artist; Submitted to fulfill requirement of University of Oregon, Fine and Applied Arts Dept., Artists' Books course, 1989
