personal discoveries of light and paper<\/h4>\nIn 1982 I was asked to show in the Papermaking USA show organized by the American Craft Museum in New York. I used my \u201cfree-cast\u201d technique to make the piece \u201cHeavens Ladder\u201d, a four-foot by eight-foot sheet of abaca and cotton stripes, and this time using a subtle gradation from white to light ochre. I found a value shift on the cotton produced a change of focus in the piece as well as producing a glow within the cotton field of color just as the original tablets seemed to float because of its reaction the translucent abaca. I continued to work with these simple earth tone striated pieces for two more years.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nI have always used artists\u2019 grade dry pigments for color. I switched suppliers in 1984 and started using more saturated colors in my paper works using several different color fields within one piece. It was at this time I realized I could create hidden images within the pieces. I started to create patterns of black on black with the cotton and abaca pulps that would appear and disappear as the viewer moved past the piece. One of these works was the ladder piece \u201cDescending Angel\u201d which was selected for the show Poetry of the Physical put together by The American Craft Museum. There were four paper artists selected for this show showcasing American craft. It toured the US for several years.<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\nOne of the most ambitious projects was \u201cNear is Far and Far is Near\u201d A five foot square paperwork completed in 1989 that was built with patterns that drift in and out as the light changes. The entire piece is a series of hidden images.\u00a0<\/div>\n\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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