pi=pie

we celebrated 3.14 with a very nice pie party. this is an apple berry pie with fresh ginger i made for the event. yum...

encapsulation

this letter was encapsulated in cellulose acetate. the plastic has degraded and has rendered the paper translucent.

drawing from art class at dallas county jail

this drawing was made by one of my students at the dallas county jail. we drew a vase shape in the center of a sheet of paper. the women were then asked to turn the negative spaces on either side of the vase into monsters and in the center vase shape they drew good.

field guides...

small books made with my cyanotypes and gum bichromates....

eugene andolsek

feather and balloons

the very large dream catcher was made with branches from a bush behind the gallery, rope from the 99 cents store, and neon spray paint. the pinatas were made with balloons, flour paste, and the dallas observer. eden made the balloon shoe with a deflated helium balloon that had been inhaled by her sister lola.

deterioration

as a paper conservator i have the opportunity to observe the effects of age, mold, pests, fire, water, and other forms of damage/degradation. above is a legal document that was water damaged and subsequently suffered from a mold outbreak. the paper clip rusted and became integrated with the paper collection. the paper fibers became powder. sad and delicate.