here(t)here: another residency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since May,  I've been away from my blog.  Back this month to report to you some of my summer and fall activities.

 

I'm off to Inverness (on Pt. Reyes peninsula in CA) later this month for another artist residency, this one sponsored by the Lucid Art Foundation.  And this time, intentionally close to home, for three weeks, solo without cell coverage and social media. So no reports during my time away but should have something to share upon my return.  Lots of prepping, finding that I will take more than I take to residencies afar and certainly a way to complicate an experience.

 

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When I have traveled to residencies somewhere else,  I am often surprised by what I learn about my home. Three years ago in Iceland, I was awed by its raw landscape that had been shaped by volcanoes, glaciers, weather and its location in the Northern Atlantic. There I realized its connection to California--both lands edging the North American tectonic plate with Iceland on one end and California on the other. I wanted devoted time to experience my own landscape with this in mind.  Inverness, though not situated on the North American plate shares the San Andreas fault which separates the No American from the Pacific.  And like Iceland, its land has been shaped by invisible forces of the earth.  At Inverness, I want to further explore this connection.

 

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I am also interested in exploring place--what it holds and what I carry to it. When I applied for this residency,  I wrote, "Using Inverness as a springboard, I will source possibilities for methods and materials from its history, stories and landscape. I will look at the archival remains--rocks and stones that hold the memory of the geologic forces that shaped the physical terrain. I will walk the terrain, feel its relief and make contour lines as I move through space. I will look at the scratches and markings of the rocks as well as their shapes.  I also will be on alert to ways of letting nature and synchronicity enter into my process. These will be my entry points to a 'process conscious' project working with themes of the archival and ephemeral."

"Language, materials and natural energies of and from the place will inform my process. Like the rocks and stones that reflect frozen moments in a changing landscape over time, I will work towards shaping moments and find ways and forms that express the movements 'between'. "

 

 

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SEAGER GRAY GALLERY: "The Art of the Book"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am pleased to announce that my work will be part of

The Art of the Book

Tenth annual exhibition

of handmade artist books, altered books & book-related objects.

At the Seager/Gray Gallery

May 5 - 31, 2015

Opening Reception on Saturday, May 9,  5:30 - 7:30

The Seager/Gray Gallery is located at 108 Throckmorton Avenue

in Mill Valley.   415.384.8288

Hours: Tues - Sat, 11 - 6, Sunday, 12 - 5

"Explorations with Urauchi" at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring, Maryland

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have been invited to teach a workshop at the Pyramid Atlantic Art Center outside of Washington DC this summer.  The description of the workshop is online under  "book arts" and you can enroll by visiting:

http://www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org/art_programs/register/index.html

More about the class:

Explorations with Urauchi

a Japanese method of backing paper to cloth and/or paper

August 8 & 9,  10am-4pm

Urauchi is a procedure of pasting a paper backing onto cloth or paper using only natural fibers. Traditionally, this method was used to mount Asian scrolls and cover books.  Once backed, cloth and paper have more body and strength and are much easier to manipulate. The backing also provides a protective layer and prevents glue from staining the cloth when covering books.

In this workshop, participants will learn the simple procedure.  However, the focus of the workshop will be experimental and hands-on, exploring it as an art medium. On day one, a variety of materials will be sampled, treatments tried, and materials sandwiched between.  On day two, participants will make a sampler book with their experiments.

Sometimes Books

   

 

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Exhibit opens March 14th and runs through May.

Opening Reception is on March 22, 2 - 4 pm

SOMETIMES BOOKS

Art Gallery for Artist Books & Book Objects

Open noon to 4 pm  Saturdays & Sundays & by appointment

Eubank Studio  11101 Highway One  #105, Point Reyes, CA 94956

415 . 669.1380   sometimesbooks@gmail.com

I am currently showing two books:

Red Read

Red Read as a fold, a book, a cutting a way. 

DRAWN in the 1990s. TYPESET over 20 years later at Iota Press, Sebastopol, CA

Red Read

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Artist Book: papers, gouache, wax crayon, tape, & ink. 6.5 x 6.5 x .25 inches

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Stonington Public Library. 2014

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"A Bed of Verbs" debuts at Codex V

 'Bed' is a charged word; its root, bhedh, means to dig.

A Bed of Verbs, 2014.  A collaboration with artist, Elizabeth Sher. To be shown for its first time at Codex V at the Craneway Pavillion in Richmond, February 8th - 12th.

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 A Bed of Verbs, 2014.  Artist Book with Clamshell: digital prints on Moab Entrada 190 and metal coated papers.  5.25 x 9.75 x 1 inches (closed clamshell box)

 I travelled to Iceland with artist, Elizabeth Sher for an artist residency during the summer of 2012. We were awed by what we saw; the geologic wonders and phantasmal forms gave us a glimpse of what the earth might have been like in its beginnings. Iceland was a "land of the verb" with underground rumblings randomly spewing out steam, lava and rocks through pockets in the earth.

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A land of forces not seen with verbs to describe it: bhedh, burns, chills, churns, coils, cracks, crusts,  cuts, erupts, oozes, pads, posts, roots, scalds, scrape, spews, sprays, steams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coming Up: Codex V Book Fair

   

 

 

I am pleased to announce that I will be showing some work* at  CODEX V this year.

I will be sharing a table with friend and artist, Jan Owen.

Look for us at the table, BiCoastal BookWorks.

 

CODEX V BOOK FAIR

The Art of the Book

 

Sunday - Wednesday, February 8 - ll

Craneway Pavillion in Richmond, CA

HOURS: Sun, Feb 8  12:30 - 5:30

Mon, Feb 9 12:30 - 6:00

Tues, Feb 10  12:30 - 6

Wed, Feb 11  10 - 3

For more information on location, the symposiums and other events check out the website.

*   A Bed of Verbs, mtlaugwalkcut series,  AndBut 1 & 2, Tangled Dreams, and more.

Haystack 'overlooked': Stonington Public Library.

Stonington Public Library.

As a way to process and document my experience at Haystack last summer, I made 3 artist books which I hoped might capture a bit of my time there, the surrounding place as well as experiences in the studio.  The books are a collection of 'sorts'.  They are made from materials that I gathered: book pages from the Deer Isle dump, others from my CA. studio; old Maine maps purchased from Karna's shop in Belfast, ME;  stone images, laser cut and printed onto wood veneer and book pages; milk paint, encaustic wax and coffee sticks from the Haystack dining hall.

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Upon reviewing the colophon that I had written, I realized that I had repeated the word, "overlooking" several times.  The word suggested to me that I rethink what I was making.  My direction shifted and the word, "overlook" became a focus.

Definition of "overlook"

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These books are a beginning of an exploration of form with the word, "overlook" as a focus.

Little x Little at C-14 Contemporary Arts

Please join us for the opening reception of

Little x Little: a small works show

at C-14 Contemporary Arts.

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October 7th through to December 25th

Opening Reception:  Saturday, October 11th 5:30 - 8

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C-14 is located at the Barlow

6780 Depot Street, Suite 100  Sebastopol, CA

707 827-3020  C14contemporaryarts.com

 

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Satri Pencak curated this exhibit of small works.

I am one of  21 artists  participating and have 5 small works in the show.