artist’s books & illustrations

books & pages

Page 1– Mixed Media – 8×13”(flat) – 1997

Magpie Book – Mixed Media – 20x20x20” – 1999

books with their pages

G Book – Mixed Media – 20x11x12” – 1996

a book of collage, calligraphies and poetry on brown paper

all pages, below

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Nightstand – Mixed media – 20x15x½”(closed)– 1996

a large, paper-dolls-inspired pillow book in charcoal and pastel

all pages, below

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Herstory – Mixed Media – 24x18x3” (closed) – 1997

a large, soft book on texture and identity

all pages, below

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5 – Mixed Media – 11×8½x½” (closed) – 1997

a black & white book of text an texture; an offspring of “herstory”

all pages and the cover, below

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Herstory, 2 – Mixed Media – 11½x9x½”(closed)– 1997

a variation, in color

all pages and the cover, below

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Shooting Stars – Mixed Media – 11¼x9¼” – 1999

this book expands on my installation of the same titles, and embeds my photos of its sculptural elements ~ you can see the installation scrolling down this page

all pages, below

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Dolls – Mixed Media – 6½x6”(closed) – 2002

a book of textiles & transparencies ~ features some of my artist dolls

front & back (they work together) of all pages below, plus the cover

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Herbarium – Mixed Media – 11x9x½”(closed) – 2002

a book in earthy tones ~ playful weaving of natural and artifact calligraphies

all pages, below

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Houses – Mixed Media – 5½x6x½”(closed) – 2002

a small book of imagined architectures

all pages and covers, below

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a small book of imagined architectures ~ all double pages and covers, below

Inner Constellations – Mixed Media – 9½x7x1”(closed) – 2002

an intimate recombination of stars, planets, and myths

all pages, below

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Ulysses’Journey – Mixed Media – 5½”x5”1”(closed) – 2002

a book of islands and voyage

all pages, below

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If A Stranger—Mixed Media—2020—7¼x10x5½” open

a covid-19-born meditation in ink, collage and calligraphy

all pages and covers below

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Duet – Mixed Media – 2020 – 8x36x2” – SOLD

a book of poetic and visual quasi~endless combinations ~ sort of a mood calendar ~ pages can be re-arranged to form new juxtapositions

below is a small selection of pages

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This is my current manuscript, presently submitted for publication. Below are the visuals, titled like the accompanying poems . I am completing the fabrication of the book/object that includes all the originals

Scene of the Crime

illustrations

for Poemas para leer en recreo, by Manuel Luna (Asterisco Editora)

for Alberto in Scatola, by Luciano Rossi (unpublished)

for Dalla Terra al Vaso, by Toti O’Brien (Thesaurum Editore)

for Giacomina nel Libro (unpublished)

for Giochi di Fuoco, by Maria Teresa Giuffré (Studium Editore)

for Ken Wirick’s pronunciation card set

for Fables, by Jean de la Fontaine ~ a small selection (unpublished)

for Lanterna Magica, by Toti O’Brien (Salpare Edizioni)

for Maruca la Tortuga, by Manuel Luna (Asterisco Editora)

for Gli Origami di Giulio, by Luciano Rossi (unpublished)

for a project by Marina Sanfilippo, in progress

for Pink Book – few rescued pages

i never assembled the book, as the majority of the illustration tables were lost/stolen while in a Gallery, and I couldn’t wrap my mind around it – perhaps, one day I will reconstruct it