Two Stories is a series of woodblock prints created in 2013, while I was the Victor Hammer Fellow at Wells College Book Arts Center in Aurora, NY. This work investigates text, image, and the way in which narratives are built. My interest in language as text begins with the development of writing, the invention of the printed word, and the mechanization of typesetting in printing multiples. The ability to write and ultimately print, allowed people to record their thoughts outside of their own heads—to put thoughts down on paper to be retrieved later. And yet today, our writing has become increasingly ephemeral. Thoughts are revealed as printed words. I use the process of monotype casting and hand set letterpress printing. My use of obsolete processes for printing text is driven by the contrast between the physical limitations of a job case and the infinite possibilities of arranging letters to make words, words to make sentences, sentences to tell stories.
