On Goethe’s Milk: Gulf Waters

She rejoices in illusion. Whoso destroys it in himself and others, him she punishes with the sternest tyranny. Whoso follows her in faith, him she takes as a child to her bosom. from Goethe’s Nature.

Photographs from the Gulf of Mexico taken near the site of the BP Horizon spill- feeding migratory seabirds.

Archival Pigment Printed Color and B&W Photographs on Somerset Book. Letterpress printed Somerset Book cover. Handbound.

Printed at the Penland School of Craft while instructing the 2016 Spring Books & Paper Concentration.

Edition of 1

$475.00

*10% from the sale of this book will go to The Nature Conservancy’s oyster bed restoration program in Alabama.

Twelve Days

Beginning in January 2014 I set out to document the time I spent in wilderness over the
year as act of ecological reconnection and to mark the 50th anniversary of the passing of the
Wilderness Act.

Twelve Days is the record of that time.

Alabama Bloodlines

Storyteller, instrument, and interpreter of place- Alabama Bloodlines is the record of a year long cultural, social, economic, … More

And the Yellow Lights of Our eyes

Of place, wilderness, what we see, what we collect, and what we keep. Archival pigment printed photographs of the Sipsey … More

CUPFUL/paper

Ecological action and record through collection and sample. Catalog July 2016: Water Works: Vamp & Tramp Booksellers. Handmade reclaimed cotton/linen … More

Cupful/photographs

Ecological action and record through collection and sample. Catalog July 2016: Water Works: Vamp & Tramp Booksellers. Archival pigment printed … More

Catalogue

Acceptance and resignation as contemporary ecological narratives of extinction. Letterpress printed handwritten listing of all known extinct birds as of … More

Birds & Traps

Perceptual moral challenge to expectation and ecological conditioning through a selection of extinct birds and the traps used to capture … More

Paper Wasps

A social and cultural action of barrier displacement and earned trust through handmade paper and print. Handmade paper from unwashed … More

Minimalist Program

Circular language, symbol, and imagery as diversionary media based on Noam Chomsky’s 1993 paper, A minimalist program for linguistic theory. … More

Brother Baldessari

One act play between myself and I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, 1971. Handtyped text on Arches text wove, … More

Catfish Poems

A collaborative piece between poet Tim Earley, Crane Giamo (letterpress printing), and myself (photographs). Catfish Poems explores place, language, and … More

Wunder

Repetition and image/text variant as phenomenological events equal to moments unreasoned and discovered. Cover is contemporary media chatter: August, 2013, … More

James Orange

Hand typed written study of imparted paradigms, Aryan Nation numerology, and related Old Testament memory verses on Arches text wove … More

Backyard Alabama

Public in private space, sacred in profane, backyard and front doors, and engendered hospitality. Offset printed photographs from film negatives … More