Untitled Etching Quilt #1

This piece is about 8"x7", etching on paper with thread. I made it by printing the same plate over and over with different colored inks (one wiped, one rolled usually), then cut-up and stitched together. I made it last year but finally framed it up for the Sam Weller's show on April 16th. Anybody seen El Anatsui's work? I wanted the piece to flow like fabric like his work does... now if only I could make one 8'x7' like his! Oh well, small things are nice too.

The Tribe of Adam & The Tribe of Eve

The artwork for these prints was finished last May, but was never fully realized the way I wanted. I envisioned a colorful woodcut background with black and white drawings floating off it. After trying and failing to do this with flimsy mylar sheets (why did I ever think this would work?), I have resorted to screenprinting the figure drawings on glass which fit into a simple black frame. And I'm quite happy with the result.

These will be on display starting April 16th at Sam Weller's bookstore on Main in Salt Lake City. I'll try to post some decent pictures and detailed shots once its installed.

The project deals with the theme of gender. I used a lot of art history references and some more modern pop culture references; the process was generally an osmotic assemblage of imagery from the three months it took to carve the blocks and draw the figures. My dad gave me an awesome book called "The Nude" for Christmas which was a major preliminary source.

I hope some of you have a chance to get over to see it close-up. I'm not exactly sure who else will have work up other than Eddie Mckenna, whose work is great and worth seeing too! I'm excited to see what he's been up to recently.

ok, good bye.