Daughter, Wife, Mother
Daughter, Wife, Mother click to view photolithography and letterpress wood type on paper 34″ x 26″ 1998 The triptych Daughter, Wife, Mother represents three traditional stages in a woman’s life. Configured text is comprised of stereotypical associations that condemn female sexuality and promote conventions that disrespect and limit women’s potential. Slang for virginity and prudishness…
Read MoreCODEX VIII Book Fair
CODEX website April 10-13, 2022 Craneway Pavilion 1414 Harbor Way South Richmond, California 94804 Come by my table #178 to see my latest artist book Owed to The Mountain
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Hair Talk
Volumes I II & III
Hair Talk Volumes I II & III click to view letterpress, linoleum cut, human hair, cave paper, 5.25″ x 5″ x 1.5″ 2009, 2010, 2011 Volume I is part of the University of Miami Libraries Volume II is part of the Cynthia Sears Artist Book Collection at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Volume III…
Read MoreREP-HAIR-ATION
REP-HAIR-ATION click to view handset letterpress metal and wood type, etching, reduction linoleum cut, dollar bill, gocco, felt, handmade abaca and cotton paper, photo engravings, polymer, collagraph, and human hair Edition size 14 16″ x 21″ (box), 15″ x 20″ (sheet) 2007 REP-HAIR-ATION is a portfolio of 15 prints utilizing a wide range of printing…
Read MoreUndoing
Undoing click to view Paper, pencil, ink, graphite, gesso, acrylic paint, India ink, and finger prints. 75” W x 60” H 2017 I began my exploration of decolonizing the United States by drawing a map of the USA today. I inscribed Native nations, Hawaiian names for each state, demarcated original buffalo range and then after…
Read MoreObject n. Object v.
OBJECT n. OBJECT v. click to view Letterpress printed handset type and polymer plates, Amazon ink drawings were inspired from imagery on Greek pottery. Hand crafted cylindrical box by Mark Burdon. Other materials include chicken egg shell, plaster, tangerine skins, gold leaf, acrylic balls , and antique glass & aluminum slide mounts, ceramic, oil paint,…
Read MoreInterwoven Alphabet
Interwoven Alphabet click to view Interwoven Alphabet is a collaborative edition of two artist’s books created over an 8 month period between Alisa Banks and Diane Jacobs. Each edition consists of 26 half-inch thick squares of felt for the pages. Each page features imagery by both artists on the larger sides. Words are stitched along…
Read MoreAmazons
Amazons click to view Edition of 28 and 4 Artist’s Proofs. Letterpress handset type and polymer plates, onion skin dyed paper pulp painting, and 23k gold-leaf. 12 3/4″ x 8 5/8″ x 3/8″ 2017 AMAZONS is an artist’s book that celebrates women’s power by imagining the lives of legendary warrior women. In a world where…
Read MoreBreath of a Poem
Breath of a Poem click to view I received a Golden Spot Award to work at Leland Iron Works in Oregon City for the month of February in 2018. I worked on the piece titled, This Hunger. I dug up two pin oak trees from a nursery in Hillsboro with the help of an arborist…
Read MoreWoven Paper Hats
Woven Paper Hats click to view Handset type letterpress printed on paper. Turned wooden stands by Steve Jacobs. The hats were first exhibited at Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco in 1998. 2013 In this body of work I intend to expose the tenacious, white, patriarchal power structure by using language as my witness. Over a…
Read More10 Women’s Faces
10 Women’s Faces click to view photolithography and handset letterpress printed text on paper, woven 15″ x 20″ 2000 In the series of ten women, Language As My Witness, I used the process of photolithography to print the face. First, I had a large negative made using a mezzotint screen to create the grey…
Read MoreMirror mirror
Mirror mirror click to view Steel, wood, military dog tags, nails Special thank you to Mel McCallister and my dad, Steve Jacobs 18′ x 18′ x 18″ 2010
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