One of my mindfulness practices includes hand-cut collaging. It calms my nervous system, helps me trust my intuition, and sparks lots of writing prompts.
"Among the Flowers," made from a 1940s LIFE feature on college clothing, and two of my own photographs
"Up in smoke," built on a photo I took of a building in the Flatiron, NYC
"Expression," built from two mid-century ads, one for a typewriter and one for wrinkle-free fabric
"In Hand" from the "What We Are" series, made from 1940s vintage maxi pad ad, Hubble Telescope images and a mid-century LIFE feature on farming
"Taking the leap," built from a photo I took at the Marsh Billings park in Vermont, a mid-century ad for a washing machine, and James Webb Telescope image
"She's rising," built from a mid-century ad for curlers and my photos from an NYC rooftop and of the Bar Harbor, Maine skyline. Headband from a San Francisco sunset.
"She's watching," built from a mid-century ad for Merle Cosmetics and a photo from Glacier National Park in 2018, with a James Webb Telescope image in the background
"Dancing away," built from a photo I deconstructed and then used both pieces, one upside down, along with a couple from a mid-century ad
"A simulation?" built off of a photo I took of Boston with an image from James Webb Telescope
"Exploring," from the "Postcards from the Future" series, made from one of my photographs of leaves and a 1900s national park postcard
"Wonderment," built from a mid-century car ad, a photo I took of a building in NYC, and an image from James Webb Telescope
"Over the moon?" built from a photo I took of NYC in Battery Park, a mid-century beach photo and an image from James Webb Telescope
"In the words" made from two of my own photos, found text from a gardening book and a mid-century ad from LIFE
"Tending the garden," built on a photo I took of the Manhattan Bridge in NYC and a mid-century cigarette ad, part of the "Where we belong series"
"Held," made from a 1940s LIFE feature on luxury bath items, and an image from the Hubble Telescope
"Taking the night off" built from a photo I took of Toronto, an image from James Webb Telescope, and a beach story from a mid-century LIFE magazine
"Between worlds," built from two photos I took, one of Route 12 in Vermont, one of Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire, and a mid-century ad
"Postcards from the future" series, built from a 1900s postcard of Milwaukee
"Postcards from the future series, " built from a 1948 postcard of Miami
"Postcards from the future series" built from a 1908 postcard of Columbus, OH
"Postcards for the future series," built from a 1908 postcard of Maryland
"This land was made for you and me," built from a feature on arctic wolves and a mid-century piece on farming, part of the "Where we belong" series
"Stopping by" part of the "Where we belong" series
Grounding
Part of the "What we are series"
Part of the "What we are series"
Part of the "What we are" series
“We’re listening,” part of the "I'd like to see you in better conditions" series, made from a 1950s Pepsodent Toothpaste advertisement and images from space.
“Perspective,” part of the "I'd like to see you in better conditions" series," made from a 1966 Edison Electric Institute ad ("Live Better Electrically" campaign) and a Transamerica ad
“Relocating,” part of the "I'd like to see you in better conditions" series. Found text: "She comes back to herself." - Rosalind Brown, "A Narrow Room," The Paris Review, Fall 2023. And the mid-1950s White Wall Wonder Kid advertisement
“In her hands,” part of the "I'd like to see you in better conditions" series, made from a mid-1960s Magla Ironing Board Cover coated with Teflon advertisement
Part of the "I'd like see you in better conditions" series, made from a mid-century Sanforized Wash-and-Wear advertisement