Plates
2015-2024
Plates are modeled after historical natural history books which often paired with descriptive text about a species alongside illustrations that provided visual knowledge. These encyclopedic books opened up the wide world of nature for its readers, introducing wonder about and establishing control over the depicted subjects. For the plates shown here, animal and human data and anatomy are intermingled to pose questions about contemporary relationships between humans and non-humans.
Each plate includes a collage of materials, such as cut vintage book pages, thread, gouache, colored pencil, graphite and printer ink. From the collection, the first piece in the series, is a limited edition lithograph with hand-sewn grids. Every illustration in the pair is framed to around 25”(w) x 34,”(h) and are hung together with 6-12” between them.
Photos above, top row, from left to right: According to some prearranged method at Watermark Art Center, 2024; Close up of gouache and colored pencil; Detail of thread, tags and gouache and colored pencil on According to some prearranged method; Second row, left to right: In the palm of the hand; View of In the palm of the hand at MacRostie Art Center, 2019; Detail of gouache, pencil and sewing on In the palm of the hand; Third row, left to right: An opportunity to display their parts; On the walls at Kruk Gallery, 2018; Detail of Opportunity to display their parts; Bottom row, left to right: From the Collection; Exhibit view of From the Collection at Tweed Museum of Art, 2015; Detail of lithography and sewing on From the Collection