Woven 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…

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10 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…

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Mirror 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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Dinner for all

Dinner for all click to view The words: HEAL, SEAL, ZEAL, and CONGEAL are carved through the silverware and goblet.  ceramic, cloth machine stitched napkin  18″ plate 2009 This piece was created For The Love of Food exhibition in Allan Town Pennsylvania in 2009. The installation For the Love of Food had its genesis in…

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Nourish

Nourish click to view letterpress printed reduction linoleum and wood blocks, pressure printing, polymer plates, handset title page and colophon, bamboo box, gampi paper, wool felt, cast paper pulp, and porcelain. Edition of 21 8″ x 8″ x 2″ 2012 Video Personal experiences brought Nourish to fruition: visiting Opal Creek’s pristine ancient forest, witnessing a breathtaking starling…

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…with liberty and justice for all

…with liberty and justice for all click to view woven letterpress text on vellum, hand-stitching 53″ x 80″ 2000 Words of bigotry and prejudice are woven into the fabric of this U.S. flag. The Equal Rights Amendment, first proposed in 1923, is still not part of the United States of America’s constitution. The flag of…

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REAL, MEAL, DEAL

REAL, MEAL, DEAL click to view ceramic, letterpress text, scales 24″ x 36″ x 8″ 2010 The scales contain corn (polenta), wheat (pasta) and rice. They weigh the political, social, and economic ramifications of food in the age of globalization by juxtaposing provocative words on each scale face.

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Homage

Homage click to view Homage is a celebration of women’s bodies and power by imagining the lives of the legendary warrior women known as Amazons. Using natural materials—egg shells, onion skins, human hair, rock, iron—a totem of breasts emerge and far away lands are mapped to recreate the lives of these feared and desired women…

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(Ex)change

(Ex)change click to view A Career Opportunity Grant provided by The Oregon Art Commission and Ford Family Foundation made this exhibition possible Art installation at the Bush Barn Art Center January 16 – February 21, 2015 My work is political and makes commentary on social and environmental justice issues. I seduce the viewer to come…

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The Writing’s on the Wall

The Writing’s on the Wall click to view Artist Project Grant provided by The Regional Arts & Cultural Council Exhibition at Disjecta (Oregon Contemporary) 2008 Reaching into deep dormant places of the heart, The Writing’s On The Wall sheds light and shadow on the root causes of crime. Our nation has not healed its slavery…

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