green denim covered boards, katazome end sheets, kettle stiched book block
katazome end sheets for Escape 2
title page of Escape 2
contents and opening text in Escape 2
page 3, map showing location of “Tracy and Bahia Honda Bridge”
page 4, “Tracy and Bahia Honda Bridge”
page 6, map showing location of “Key Deer”
text and “Key Deer”, second print in Escape 2
page 10, “Half Bubbles and Big Pine”
pages 11-12, map showing location of “Half Bubbles and Big Pine”
pages 13-14, “Bat House”, text about Bat House
page 15, map showing location of “Bat House”
pages 16-17, “Dolphins” print, Sarah and Brea, text
page 18, map showing location of “Dolphins”
“Imp II”, Charter boat of Captain Victoria Impallomini
pages 21-22
pages 22-23, words, facts and figures about the Florida Keys
colophon, thanks
Escape 2 11 inches x 15 inches x .5 inc 2004
Escape 2 picks up where “escape*… restrictions apply” left off, from the 7 Mile Bridge, headed west, geographically, and from my status as a solo traveler to becoming an honored guest of the native Florida Keys’ residents on my escape. Here I take the highway to places only a native would know, and join friends on, in, or under the waters of the Florida Keys.
The book has seven woodcut prints colorized from the original prints, unryu overleafs, altered charts, and a 1,500 word essay by the artist that speaks to the mysteries of the Keys and their residents. I am joined by a hunter/killer and earth mother in my travels from the 7 Mile Bridge to Key West and the waters off shore.
“Every Lid Finds a Pot” diplayed on wall vertically, back lit
title page of “Every Lid Finds a Pot”
page one
page 2
page 3
page 4
page 5 of “Every Lid Finds a Pot”
page 6 of “Every Lid Finds a Pot”
“Every Lid Finds a Pot” open for display
“Every Lid Finds a Pot” in an artist’s book in an edition of one. Drawn and painted on one side, with hand lettering and collage on a full sheet of Okawara (36 inches by 72 inches) the book is folded into sixteen panels and cut to create a serpentine book. The covers are ink dyed mango paper over book board with cotton ribbon ties. The book is mixed media: charcoal, ink, and gesso. The back side of the book is collaged with white paper maps of South Florida and Baltimore on the natural colored Okawara paper. When displayed backlit, hung vertically, both the images and maps are visible.
