Feels Like Rain | 2023
Risograph and letterpress prints in 2-color and 4-color variations. Each 8.5 x 11 inches. Printed on Cougar Natural (65lb).
Forecast Feels Like Rain
2-color risograph and letterpress on Cougar Natural paper (65lb, warm off-white, smooth). 8.5 x 11 inches. Printed with Florescent Orange and Federal blue risograph ink and oil-based letterpress ink.
Image Description: A vertically oriented printed image depicts a cut paper collage (in dark blue) layered over a striated orange background. The collage uses found imagery of bodies of water cut into rough geometric shapes. The shapes float in a grayish area of negative space. The phrase “FORECAST FEELS LIKE RAIN” is printed twice in small capital letters in an interlocking formation.
Low on the Horizon
2-color risograph print on Cougar Natural paper (65lb, warm off-white, smooth). 8.5 x 11 inches.
Image Description: A vertically printed image depicts a sky dense with cumulous clouds and a pool of deep blue separated by a band of white cut through with fragments of sky. The clouds shimmer, optically mixing fluorescent orange and bright blue into a purple haze.
Tornado Warning with Tactile Aura
2-color risograph with hand-embossed details on Cougar Natural paper (65lb, warm off-white, smooth). 8.5 x 11 inches.
Image Description: A risograph image printed in fluorescent orange and bold, cobalt blue depicts an abstract collage of drawn imagery and flat areas of color. To the right, a tangle of wandering lines and hazy texture resemble wind, clouds, moon floating through white space. This sits embedded in a field of blue. Above and to the left, gradient bands of fluorescent orange fade to white. The bottom and left sides of the image are embossed with dotted lines and texture that weave through space like embroidery.
Rolling In
2-color risograph printed on Cougar Natural paper (65lb, warm off-white, smooth).
Image Description: A vertically oriented image depicts fields of cobalt blue and fluorescent orange, each holding subtle textures lifted from photographs of water or sky. A bold, bouncing orange line cuts through the collaged color fields, forming a large cloud. A jagged shoreline dotted with tiny figures lines the bottom of the image.
A Big Wave Breaks
4-color risograph printed on Cougar Natural (65lb, warm off-white, smooth). 8.5 x 11 inches.
Image description: A vertically printed image depicts several layered shapes with torn paper edges. Some hold the faint ghosts of clouds or birds, while others come forward as deep, vibrant color. A looping cluster of orange lines falls from the top border of the image, flowing as wind through the blue, purple, and pink shapes. On the left side of the image, a handful of meteorological symbols hover mysteriously. On the bottom right of the image, a gridded square holds printed text which reads “when a big wave breaks // it spins your body around // I am immersed in // storm // big wave movement // and the fight for // equilibri- um”
Almanac
2-color risograph print on Cougar Natural paper (65lb, warm off-white, smooth). 8.5 x 11 inches.
Image Description: A vertically printed image is printed in fluorescent pink and blue. In the background, a striated pattern resembling water-worn rock faces shimmers with unstable, optically mixed color. On top, a grid printed in dark navy blue holds a scatter plot of wind direction data.