Brush painting and calligraphy in Asia are tightly entangled, so much so, that an ink brush painting is frequently understood as having been “written” rather than “painted”.
This work borrows from that notion in a contemporary way, while at the same being tied to Western and Eastern traditions. It unfolds like a map and stores back into a small self-fastening enclosure. The total edition number between the loose leaf and book versions is 20. Ten were made into single-page books. Signed and numbered.
This tab book, when closed measures 3 x 4.25 x 0.2 inches, (7.5 cm x 11 cm x 0.5 cm), open 9 x 23.5 inches (23 x 59.5 cm).
My artist books, broadsides, and loose-leaf editions are published in very small numbers, as low as five. All are hand-printed and hand-bound (in the case of books) by me, all are signed and numbered. While I am trying to be perfect, I am human, not a machine. Some variations in the editioned work are to be expected due to the processes, materials, and the artist’s change of mind. It is exactly what makes the work collectible: each piece is an original work of art. The pieces employ printmaking like original etchings, woodcuts, carborundum, screen prints, monotype, monoprint, and letterpress. Nothing is produced using digital reproduction methods.
$450