These works are all made on or contain original player piano scrolls––rich with history, religious metaphor and ancient narrative. The scrolls are a near- perfect material for me to express ideas about hearing and not hearing because the absence of the paper (the holes) indicate the presence of sound. Through years of experimentation, I have discovered ways to print copper and wood cut plates on this fragile, non-porous paper. Frequently, I will also draw and write on the scrolls, riffing on the titles and printed lyrics. I have used the scrolls for sculptural as well as two-dimensional works and will frequently exploit the exquisite shadows made by light passing through the patterned holes.
Librettos

Beat By Beat 10" high x 38" wide, intaglio with off-set monoprinting

Unscrolled, 2008 24" x 40", etching, graphite, charcoal, woodcut on player piano scrolls with encaustic and thread

Libretto Falls, 2007 9' x 46", hard ground etching, gouache, graphite on player piano scrolls

Sputtering, 2007 8' h x 7' w, multi-plate etching, woodcut and relief roll on okawara and player piano scroll with encaustic

Sputtering, detail

Sputtering, detail

Hey Look Me Over, 2005 5' x 18", hard ground etching with player piano scrolls, dictionary pages, graphite, encaustic

Hey Look Me Over, detail

Unfurled, 2003 18" h x 30" wide, graphite, pencil, digital print, etching on player piano scrolls with boxes, binder's thread

Unfurled, detail

Word Rolls, 2003 26" h x 24" w, graphite, etching, watercolor, gouache, digital prints on player piano boxes, scrolls with thread

Word Rolls, detail

Word Rolls, detail
