Terrain Studies-Edo Papers: A repurposing of embodied, elusive histories.
In this series, I investigate the fragility and flux of the landscape. It is made from silver leafed book pages dated Edo period Japan (1603-1868) The book was originally made to conserve folding screens. My intention was to mount them as a foundation for a series of paintings, yet, when held, they fell apart. Instead, I proceeded by piecing fragments back together, adding drawing with walnut and rapeseed ink. The fragility of a foreign, historical matrix, with its own embedded cultural reference and weathering enhanced ambiguous meaning. As a group, they form their own collective terrain.
2019, Edo-Papers 31-38, Connecticut Fellowship Winners exhibition, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
Terrain Study 30: Edo Papers
Terrain Study 32: Edo Papers
Terrain Study 31: Edo Papers
Terrain Study 33: Edo Papers
Terrain Study 34: Edo Papers
Terrain Study 35: Edo Papers
Terrain Study 36: Edo Papers
Terrain Study 37: Edo Papers