Rapture

These works explore my personal relationship with nature and reflect on time and the value of human touch. The process begins and ends with the hand, starting with line drawings of my own hand and other organisms from which I generate custom 3D printed forms used to emboss pulp paper. The embossed areas are finished by hand and gilded with gold leaf.

Small Matters
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 12 karat gold leaf
21 x 18 inches
Small Matters
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 23 karat gold leaf
21 x 18 inches
Small Matters
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 23 karat red gold leaf
21 x 18 inches
Small Matters
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 12 karat gold leaf
21 x 18 inches
Time and the Bell (here, I am)
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 23 karat red gold leaf
21 x 18 inches
Time and the Bell (here, I am)
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 12 karat gold leaf
21 x 18 inches
Time and the Bell (I grow old)
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 23 karat red gold leaf
21 x 18 inches
Time and the Bell (now, or now)
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 23 karat red gold leaf
21 x 18 inches
Apotheosis
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 22 karat gold leaf
24 x 18 inches
Apotheosis
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 23 karat red gold leaf & 12 karat gold leaf
24 x 18 inches
Apotheosis
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 23.75 karat gold leaf
24 x 18 inches
Memento
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 12 karat gold leaf
24 x 18 inches
Memento
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 22 karat gold leaf
24 x 18 inches
Memento
2023
Handmade cotton paper, 23 karat moon gold leaf & 12 karat gold leaf
24 x 18 inches