Was He Series, 2017
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Original photographs and notes encased in handmade abaca paper, fiber removal, letterpress printed wood type.
14 x 11 inches each. Unique works. |
For this series, I took photographs from my childhood and embedded them between sheets of abaca paper during the papermaking process. The abaca fibers act as a veil to hide or obscure portions of each image. My severe lack of episodic memory means that it is very difficult for me to recall moments from my past. Photographs help but only slightly. By embedding the photographs within the sheets, they begin to mirror the amount of detail that I actually remember. Some of the abaca fibers were removed during the papermaking process to allow for portions of the photographs to be more easily discernible than others—similar to when one may remember a specific toy from their childhood but not others.
The text, letterpress printed from handset wood type, is taken from articles about how to write a eulogy. I am interested in the phrases suggested by these articles because a eulogy is expected to be so personal and particular to the one that has passed. They seem to be talking about a specific person, but are general enough to cover almost anyone.
The text, letterpress printed from handset wood type, is taken from articles about how to write a eulogy. I am interested in the phrases suggested by these articles because a eulogy is expected to be so personal and particular to the one that has passed. They seem to be talking about a specific person, but are general enough to cover almost anyone.
The making of the work:
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Here is a detail of one of the embedded images during the papermaking process. The veiling fibers become a little more opaque after the paper has been dried and they rest flat against the image after being pressed.
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