Virginia Arts of the Book Center Indulgences Project

I collaborate with a wonderful group of people at the Virginia Arts of the Book Center.  The "Indulgences" group project will be revealed tomorrow, Sunday, March 20, 2011.

Here are a few photos from the shop and details about the event!

Join us this Sunday afternoon, March 20, from noon to 3pm for an exhibit of our new group project, "Indulgences"! We will have certificates and refreshment at the Artbox/VABC Gallery in the Ivy Square Shopping Center. A select few books will be available for purchase. This is the perfect artist’s book to add to your collection and celebrate the 2011 Virginia Festival of the Book.

Prisoners in Sintra

Ink on Paper
Intaglio- Sintra Plate
People collected from the streets of DC in Jan 2009

WTP : Phase III

WTP : Phase II

I am developing characters from people who have crossed the paths of my life, I capture them in camera. Random people from the streets are acquiring names of people from my classes, family, friends, TV shows, etc. I call these people "My Peeps"(respect to my brother). My peeps and I are embarking on an adventure. We don't know exactly our direction but we are excited and encourage you to follow our discoveries.

introducing from left to right:

Botwin, Tony, Alexander, and Ms. Funk.

Life in the country..


the suburbs


a light impression of Kristen joins the suburbs


Mohammad, Kristen, Botwin, and Conrad

Early morning distribution


same peeps different positions.



The next step if figuring out where we are going and what we want are doing in this world, it's a constant challenge. Time to fine-tune placement and color, not everything can be bright red.

WTP : Phase I

We the People : Phase I

Phase I is a work on paper project layering digital technology and the intaglio printmaking process created by the Sintra Plate. Photographic images are digital capture and print. The outline figures are of people walking 14th street in Washington DC.

I am happy with the Phase I experiment, I see potential. Phase II is in the works.

beautiful photo

This photo is of the Lofoten Islands in Norway. I used the pronto plate process to print it on paper for Frankenstein project at the VABC. The final print is completely different than what you see here. The pronto plate is a lithography process using xeorox techonolgoy to create plates. It's all new to me so I cannot explain it, YET.

Heart and Soul

Working on the Frankenstein collaboration "F" project at the Virginia Arts of the Book Center has pushed me to try a few new ideas. One idea was to resurrect my sewing machine to adhere a cut-out black heart of ash to pages. First I had to thread the needle properly, thanks to the internet I was able to find the manual. I read, read and read again the directions until I understood I must hold the excess thread between forefinger and thumb during the last step of this process. The hearts were not added due to the pressing of the book and the impression the edge of the heavyweight paper would create. Now I have 40 oiled black hearts of ash...what to do.

Printmaking

Digital photography sometimes challenges my upbeat personality. A special moment that was so magical and unique has been replaced with an overload of imagery created by myself and others . To step away from modern technology I became a member of the Virginia Arts of the Book Center. Every year the members collaborate on a group book project. This year the inspiration was Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. I have contributed three pages.
The books will be auctioned Nov 14. at the VABC