Christine LoFaso
Not Writing (2022)
Media: kozo, digital print
Statement: The work's title takes its name from a poem by Jane Kenyon, which is printed on my handmade paper. During lockdown I explored new methods for conveying ideas in book arts. Kenyon’s poem struck me as empathetic to the notion of lockdown in an upended manner—unable to leave home.
Geraniums (2021)
Media: cyanotype on handmade paper and silk organza
Statement: During lockdown I cultivated flowering plants and dried the flowers once they reached maturity. Cyanotype offered an ideal strategy for capturing the dried flowers on handmade paper—giving them a second life. In this work I have overlaid cyanotype on silk and handmade paper, producing a double image of the flowers.
Lightning Strikes Twice (2021)
Media: cyanotype on handmade paper and silk organza
Statement: In 2020 I rented a house with my family after months of separation. On the second evening of our stay I captured images of a dramatic storm over the wildlife refuge. In this work I've overlaid cyanotype on silk and handmade paper, producing a double image of the lightening strike.
Christine LoFaso lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico and is Professor Emeritus of Art, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. Her work in handmade paper and textile media explores the notion of place and engenders aspects of memory, time, loss, transformation, and renewal. She has participated in several exhibitions throughout the United States and in Korea, Portugal, Canada, Japan, Germany, Italy, Costa Rica, and the United Kingdom.
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