quills
I call this series of work QuillageTM. I recycle pages from print publications and roll them into thin, hollow quills, which I then apply to recycled armatures—old canvases or picture frames—to create evocative images.
As digital media replace traditional print, I see my “re-purposing” of printed pages an affirmation of the enduring power of color, imagery, and words physically applied to paper. Quills extract new meaning from the printed page, and the sustainable nature of transforming what would otherwise end up as landfill into art adds meaning and emotion.
Like most tactile art, the visual impact, emotion, and meaning that Quills communicate materialize most effectively in person. You can:
• See detail and patterns, sometimes a word or syllable or a photographic fragment
• Feel texture and dimension, ripples, ridges, crisp edges in rows and layers (some works approach eight feet in width.)
• Step back and sense the collective visual impact of symbols, images, and abstractions.
How to turn a Chicken Egg into an Icon
The everyday egg is a vital source of our food. it is used in every culture in many ways. here I wanted to show the egg as an icon taking center-stage in a somewhat “Gothic” format.
Zool of Micanopy
Carnivale quills, 96”x36”
October Moon
The Shield
The Warrior shield is executed in colorful recycled magazine pages accented with sequins and glitter. Certainly not a vicious Warrior but a more fashionable one.
