Inside the Gate (2022-2023)
Inside the Gate (seven unique sets), 2023, 8.5" x 13.25" (each), Materials: tyvek, rice paper, book cloth, ribbon, bone clasp, book board, glue
Case, lid open
Case, more open
Case, fully open
Folio with pages
Detail of case and folio
Folio open with pages nested in felt
Selection of pages from Red Set, 7" x 10", Materials: Plexiglas, rice paper, pigment, gum arabic, Philadelphia tap water, silicone sealant, graphite, morning glory. "An ancestral channel, An autumn shore, An elaborate dinner, An elm birch arch, An english door, An informal call, An obstructed brook, An old drawing room"
"Braiding a straw hat"
Front: "The hope of the year, The last furrow" Back: "Is the fire ready?"
"A path of roses"
Front: "Four o'clock, From the foot of the hill, From the old bucket, From the hill" Back: "Filling the oven, Fireside fancies, Five o'clock, Flowering time, Flume falls"
Selection of pages from Orange Set, 7" x 10", Materials: Plexiglas, rice paper, pigment, gum arabic, Philadelphia tap water, silicone sealant, graphite, morning glory. Front: "The nest" Back: "The news in brief"
Front: "A little river" Back: "Lilac cottage, Lined with petals, Lingering waters"
Front:" What a beauty" Back: "Fair autumn, Fairhaven blossoms, Fairway, Farm borders"
"Birch windings, Birches in june, Birthday flowers, Blooms at the bend"
Selection of pages from Yellow Set, 7" x 10", Materials: Plexiglas, rice paper, pigment, gum arabic, Philadelphia tap water, silicone sealant, graphite, morning glory. "Joy path"
Front: "The golden west, The goose chase pattern, The gorge of Pemobscot, The great wayside oak" Back: "Waters meet"
"The beckoning road, The bee paradise, The book settle, The breakfast hour"
"The pool"
Back: "A favorite corner, A fleck of sunshine, A flowery path, Meadow blossoms, Mending"
Selection of pages from Green Set, 7" x 10", Materials: Plexiglas, rice paper, pigment, gum arabic, Philadelphia tap water, silicone sealant, graphite, morning glory. Front: "The daguerrotype" Back: "The green hills"
"An absorbing afternoon stroll, Draped in good night"
"Cheers, The days of yore, End, Gorge of the, Hills"
Front: "A memory of childhood" Back: "Sky, May, Sparkling, Drive"
Selection of pages from Blue Set, 7" x 10", Materials: Plexiglas, rice paper, pigment, gum arabic, Philadelphia tap water, silicone sealant, graphite, morning glory. "The last question, The life of the golden, The luane at dunloe, The maple sugar cupboard, The meeting of the ways"
Front: "Old, Garden, High hollers, Neighborhood news" Back: "Oven"
"Bright shores, Broken water, Broken waters, Brook and blossoms, Brookside blossoms, By the meadow gate"
Front "The swimming pool" Back: "Sea captain's nook, Hope, Water maples, Harmony"
Selection of pages from Indigo Set, 7" x 10", Materials: Plexiglas, rice paper, pigment, gum arabic, Philadelphia tap water, silicone sealant, graphite, morning glory.
Front: "A roof and an arch, A warm spring day, Romance of the revolution"
Front: "On the slope, Gambrel gable, Garden steps, On the tenth"
"And, A precise adjustment?"
Selection of pages from Purple Set, 7" x 10", Materials: Plexiglas, rice paper, pigment, gum arabic, Philadelphia tap water, silicone sealant, graphite, morning glory. Front: "Almost ready" Back: "$65, 13 x 16"
"Honeymoon winding, Hunter's Island, In tender leaf, Inside the gate"
"13 x 16, $40, 14 x 17, $38"
"The unbroken flow"