BOOK & PAPER ARTS

This copper book was producd with two chemical processes, door hinge, nut and bolts a hand drill. It all began with the photocopy of a floral border that was etched onto the copper plate and left sitting over night in ?? to finish etching the design. It was then oxidize and

aged with ???. The antique look was sanded to remove some of the black coating so the design can show through. It was finished with a door hinge, drill and a few nuts and bolts to hold it altogeter. The handmade paper was made with corn stalk and cotton pulp; imprinted with pulp painting and a wheat stencil; and inclusion/wheat stalk. I was very intrigued by the concept of harvest. The backdrop paper was made with dandelions and assorted plants. The pulp-painted paper was then put through the letter press machine to make a perpetual Calendar.

DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY

This series of

black and white

photographs

explore the

relationship between

dance and nature. I did

a photoshoot at the

Oak Park and Chicago

Convservatories;

Oak park the School

of Dance; and lake

michigan. The images

were combined in

the darkroom with a

process called negative

sandwiching. The

collaged image was

then toned different

colors based upon

the plant or aspect of

nature it represented.

Children Dancing/Lake Michigan at SunriseDancers /Bouquet-Blossom of Flower

Dancers/Field of Wheat Child Dancers /Blossom of Fruit

Child Dancers /Blossom of Fruit

Classical Street Musicians

chrysallis

DARKROOM PHOTOGRAPHY

This series of

black and

white family

portraits was taken

on a unusually warm,

rainy January day with

a tripod. The reluctant

cast are My mother,

sister and step-father

and myself.