Text - relief prints and future machines
In the beginning of this project, I was interested in particular phrases that originated in my familial vernacular. A kind of story-telling rumination on the power of brevity and language, they are jokes, stories, cultural references and poignant moments reduced to a few words. Thinking of how power and meaning can be embedded in form, the words also poke fun at the typeface (Not Good Enough, Edwardian Script!) I'm interested in a shade of ambiguity where the context determines the meaning.
Over time, the prints began to transform into collages, using the wood grain texture and text into forms I think of as future machines.
Photographed by Guy L’Heureux
Might as Well, relief, 18" x 20", 2011
Not Good Enough, relief, 18" x 20", 2011
I have been missing you, relief, 18" x 20", 2011
Try Harder, relief, 18" x 20", 2011
Future Machines, collaged relief prints, sizes variable, 2021
photographed by Erika Adams