Description
About this piece:
Red Line is a conceptual artist’s book. It’s a reaction to the latest rounds of women’s healthcare and reproductive rights court challenges that American women must face and fight against. The book uses a stitched red line as a warning line, a point of no return, and a political metaphor.
Marbling is a turbulent art technique with chemistry and liquid dynamics at its core. The surface of the marbling vat can be seen as a street fight with pushing and shoving. Some colors are bullies; others just sink away. There’s a constant balance that must be maintained for optimal results. The “narrative” of a marbling session contains a tale of decline. The marbling liquids become contaminated and eventually stop producing traditional marbled designs. These marbled papers capture a sense of exhaustion. The repeating ovals create a mantra reinforced by the bright red stitches.
Materials:
paper, acrylic, thread, nylon belt, brass
About the artist:
Lives and works in Boston, Massachusetts
Cristina Hajosy is a book artist, art educator and designer based in Greater Boston. She is the owner of Hajosy Arts, an art studio of photography, printmaking, book arts, and historical decorative arts, especially paper marbling. She is the co-founder and past president of New England Book Artists, a book arts organization that has quickly grown since 2019. Her work strives to foster understanding and personal growth through book arts via art education and the creation of beautifully challenging and personally satisfying art.
