Farewell Florilegium is an ode to my first "real" garden.
The text was written in response to an article by storyteller, writer, performer, and cultural geographer, Carolyn Finney, entitled “Love Notes,” that ends with a prompt to write about a place that is loved.
A vial containing a mix of aromatic plant tinctures is embedded in the back cover.
Each page of handmade paper features an abstract pulp painted image of a plant from the garden.
Size: 5 x 6 x 2 (closed) 60 x 6 x 2 (open)
Media: Handmade paper, pigments, aromatics
Loci is a snapshot in time of three gardens that sparked and continued my interest in using plants as charged materials to forge connections with ancestors.
Size: Dimensions: 5.75” x 8.25” x 1.75”H (closed), 5.75” x 28.0” (open)
Media: Cloth, paper, ink, board
Structure: Three hard back accordion books housed in a wrap around case with sample cards.
Cotton Heritage features an essay discussing the connection of gardening to ancestral legacies.
Detail (cotton, bronze)
Size: 8”H x 6” x 0.5”
Media: Cotton plant, bronze, silk thread, cloth, watercolors, paper, ink, toner, plants (various), silk
Structure: Clam shell box containing cotton plant with bronze electroplate stem, one paper signature with text, one cloth accordion with pockets laminated (sewn) with plants. Pockets contain cards featuring watercolors and text.
Edition: 4
Planted features an original essay discussing the connection of gardening to ancestral legacies. Mono-prints of plants from my and my mother’s garden are featured in this bookwork. The portfolio cover on the edition features a photo from my mother’s garden and the lace paper folio simulates garden gates.
I’m always happy to visit gardens and am intrigued whenever passing by a gated garden – especially those that offer just a glimpse. These private spaces feed the imagination. The crocheted cover on the deluxe copy simulate these walled garden gates.
Size: 11”H x 9.5” W x 1”D
Media: Cotton, thread, cloth, paper, plant material (pittosporum, rosa, loropetalum, hydrangea, maple, oak), toner, ink
Structure: Crocheted doily with cloth triptych signature of sewn dried plants and paper triptych of monoprints contained in custom clam shell box
Unique - Deluxe
Size: 8”H x 6” W x 0.5”D
Media: Lace paper, cotton paper, toner, ink
Structure: Lace paper folder with folded paper signature and 3 loose leafs contained in portfolio
Edition of 4
Interwoven Alphabet is a collaborative edition of two artist's books created over an 8 month period between Alisa Banks and Diane Jacobs. Together the artists chose four words per alphabet with sound playing a role in the final selection. Themes include: relationships, nature, the senses, time, politics, and the environment.
Media: Wool felt blocks, thread, paper, plants, human hair, fur, bone, found objects. Stitched, carved, felted, drawn.
Structure: Individual wool pages housed in custom box.
Individual felt squares - 2.5" x 2.5"; 10.5" x 5.75" x 3" (closed); Open dimensions variable.
Detail
Fading garden is constructed from plant material gathered from five family gardens. The delicacy of the paper corresponds to the time in which the plants were gathered – a time of the summer’s waning when spring budding plants have given their all and gardens begin to fade in preparation for the next season.
The structure is both quilt and book.
Size: 51"W x 74"H
Media: Handmade paper (cotton, sugarcane, fig, kozo), plant inclusions (herbs, flowers), rayon paper, cotton printmaking paper, graphite, inkjet transfer, marker
Structure: Five accordion books (overlapped to form a quilt)
Unique
Our Lady takes its form from the homemade shrines found in homes throughout southern Louisiana where Madonna statues grace many lawns and are a sign of devotion.
Size: 8” W x 10”
Media: Wood, cotton thread, organza, beads (Job's Tears), wire, dried plants, graphite, metal, pigment print.
Structure: Modified Pamphlet on rods
Unique
Size: 8” W x 10”
Media: Wood, cotton thread, orgnza, beads, wire, dried plants, graphite, metal, pigment print.
Structure: Modified Pamphlet on rods
Unique