Bois Gris

pi=pie

2010-03-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

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

2010-03-17T08:15:00.000-07:00

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

2010-03-17T08:05:00.000-07:00

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...

2010-03-07T20:04:00.000-08:00

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

eugene andolsek

2010-02-06T08:36:00.000-08:00

feather and balloons

2009-12-14T17:55:00.001-08:00

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

2009-11-20T06:52:00.000-08:00

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.

painting pages

2009-11-18T20:28:00.000-08:00

this evening was spent toning the pages of an old dictionary. after they dried, i cut petals from the pages and made more paper flowers for another project...

polaroids

2009-11-16T21:08:00.000-08:00

this is a neat site that provides tools for playing with digital photos. the mosaic maker was used to create this grid of my polariods...

silk screen printed postcards...

2009-11-16T08:25:00.000-08:00

these mustache prints were silk screen printed during a workshop taught at my studio. the feather prints are in still in the works. the screen was made with an embroidery hoop and a fine mesh fabric found in the bridal section at a local fabric store. the design was drawn onto the fabric then white glue was painted on the areas that i wanted to block. after the glue set, a plastic scraper was used to spread/push the paint through the screen onto the surface of the paper. post office!

paper flowers on paper cord...

2009-11-16T08:22:00.000-08:00

i made these flowers from the pages of a book purchased at a local asian market...

paper flowers...

2009-11-10T05:31:00.000-08:00

made from old book pages, twine, and branches...