Book Arts
Making conceptual artists books is an important part of my art process. Thinking through ideas via three-dimensional and four-dimensional formats allows me to move beyond the flat 2-page-spread of a sketchbook and into space and time. Altering existing old books is an opportunity to reconsider how knowledge and ideas are distributed. Each altered book is a hopeful portrait of how destruction can feed creation.
Southern Hypocrisy, 2008
Collection of UNC Charlotte Atkins Library
Collection of the Artist, NFS
Cherry Pickers: The Despoiling of Virgin Minds, 2015
Performance Art Artifact
Davidson College
Altar Book I 2015, private collection
Altar Book II, 2016,
Return to Sender, 2016
private collection
Baby's First Bible, 2015,
Altered Book
America's Longest Lasting Roll: Rapidly Dissolving, 2016
Scroll
Jehovah's Sutras, 2016,
Altered Book Pages
Folded Paper Mouth, Wood & Glass Box private collection
Ceramic and Paper, 2016
Between the Divine and Man, 2016
Accordion Book, Paper, Silver Leaf
Folded Book, Found Paper, 2016 NFS
Pamphlet Stitch Booklet, Envelope & Card
Found Paper, Original Photographs, Rice Paper, Linen Thread
You Will Have A Women President in 2017, Ceramic, paper and Acrylic, Limited Edition (14)
private collection
interior view
interior view
Simplicity, Folded Book, 2016
private collection