These handmade and altered books are made using various techniques and materials, such as paper pulp, tea dye, fermented persimmon juice (Kakishibu), sewing, cutting, eco-dying, and burning. Some of the altered books contain poems or poem fragments and pieces of photographs.
What Redress
Altered book, string, gouache, wood
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
What Redress (side view)
Altered book, string, gouache, wood
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
What Redress (detail)
Altered book, string, gouache, wood
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
Altered Board Books
In the Dark
Altered book, wire, snippets of text, paint
3 x 3 x .75 inches, 2014
3 x 3 x .75 inches, 2014
In The Dark (detail)
Altered book, wire, snippets of text, paint
3 x 3 x .75 inches, 2014
3 x 3 x .75 inches, 2014