Hanji (Mulberry Paper), cotton thread, encaustic medium.
You are looking at “Let Your Mind Wander No.3”.
Attaining visual interest with color and texture is the fun part of working with Hanji, the handmade mulberry paper from Korea. It begins with experimentation and observing how the colors of the various papers will work with each other. My fingers get into the action by ripping the Hanji into various amorphic shapes. The textural magic begins when I start fusing them together with water!
When working with the Hanji I am attracted to the elements most compelling to me: malleability, color and texture.
There is a never ending fascination with what the paper will do. Even though I may have a plan for the overall effect once it dries, each piece dictates what it wants to be in the end.
Serendipity rules the day!
With this new series, “Jiao Ceng”, meaning “stitched layers”, random machine stitching is added to keep the eye moving across the artwork. I follow the rhythm of the colors and shapes already fused throughout the piece. Thus the name of this group in the series, “Let Your Mind Wander” (LMW).
The “LMW” group is a physical manifestation of my collaboration with the Hanji (mulberry paper) during the surreal events of the 2020 pandemic in the small Colorado town of Salida, where I live. There was a quietness in the months that evolved as the town went from almost no one on the street to slowly emerging back to life. With large windows of my studio above the main street the energy projecting up to me from down below was gone. The bright colors I typically use in the artwork, reflecting this energy, turned to softness in the hues and shapes. I felt myself turning inward with my thoughts and feelings of community support and family connections.
Please enjoy this piece, stop, take a breath and “let your mind wander” while looking at the stitching and seeing how it works its way through the artwork. Thank you.
You are looking at “Let Your Mind Dance No.4”.
Attaining visual interest with color and texture is the fun part of working with Hanji, the handmade mulberry paper from Korea. It begins with experimentation and observing how the colors of the various papers will work with each other. My fingers get into the action by ripping the Hanji into various amorphic shapes. The textural magic begins when I start fusing them together with water!
When working with the Hanji I am attracted to the elements most compelling to me: malleability, color and texture.
There is a never ending fascination with what the paper will do. Even though I may have a plan for the overall effect once it dries, each piece dictates what it wants to be in the end.
Serendipity rules the day!
With this new series, “Jiao Ceng”, meaning “stitched layers”, random machine stitching is added to keep the eye moving across the artwork. I follow the rhythm of the colors and shapes already fused throughout the piece. Thus the name of this group in the series, “Let Your Mind Wander” (LMW).
The “LMW” group is a physical manifestation of my collaboration with the Hanji (mulberry paper) during the surreal events of the 2020 pandemic in the small Colorado town of Salida, where I live. There was a quietness in the months that evolved as the town went from almost no one on the street to slowly emerging back to life. With large windows of my studio above the main street the energy projecting up to me from down below was gone. The bright colors I typically use in the artwork, reflecting this energy, turned to softness in the hues and shapes. I felt myself turning inward with my thoughts and feelings of community support and family connections.
This final artwork in the series, “Let Your Mind Dance No. 4” comes back to my characteristically optimistic self, depicting dancing images, knowing there are brighter days ahead.
Thank you. Enjoy the show!
You are looking at “Let Your Mind Wander No.2”.
Attaining visual interest with color and texture is the fun part of working with Hanji, the handmade mulberry paper from Korea. It begins with experimentation and observing how the colors of the various papers will work with each other. My fingers get into the action by ripping the Hanji into various amorphic shapes. The textural magic begins when I start fusing them together with water!
When working with the Hanji I am attracted to the elements most compelling to me: malleability, color and texture.
There is a never ending fascination with what the paper will do. Even though I may have a plan for the overall effect once it dries, each piece dictates what it wants to be in the end.
Serendipity rules the day!
With this new series, “Jiao Ceng”, meaning “stitched layers”, random machine stitching is added to keep the eye moving across the artwork. I follow the rhythm of the colors and shapes already fused throughout the piece. Thus the name of this group in the series, “Let Your Mind Wander” (LMW).
The “LMW” group is a physical manifestation of my collaboration with the Hanji (mulberry paper) during the surreal events of the 2020 pandemic in the small Colorado town of Salida, where I live. There was a quietness in the months that evolved as the town went from almost no one on the street to slowly emerging back to life. With large windows of my studio above the main street the energy projecting up to me from down below was gone. The bright colors I typically use in the artwork, reflecting this energy, turned to softness in the hues and shapes. I felt myself turning inward with my thoughts and feelings of community support and family connections.
Please enjoy this piece and take a look at the stitching and how it works its way through the artwork. Thank you.
