Description
About this piece:
This handmade artist’s book, with original prose, is an autobiographical journey through the difficult landscape of new widowhood. It offers the viewer a window into that experience: moving as though through fog, not being able to see very far ahead, and not knowing where the path may lead. The arc of the story encompasses many emotions: walking a loved one through terminal illness, the rawness of overwhelming grief, the remembering and mourning what has been lost, as well as the eventual realization that moving forward is necessary. In the final pages the fog lightens, and offers the possibility of a hopeful future.
The tulle fabric pages and cover were embedded with layers of yarn fiber to mimic wisps of fog. This gives the book a delicate transparency and a cloud-like feel. The unbound presentation and hand-stitched feathery edging further the “widow’s fog” feel.
Materials:
fabric, yarn, adhesive, ink
About the artist:
Lives and works in Denver, Colorado
Ingrid vB. Porter is a book artist and painter in Denver, Colorado. Her work explores the rich and nuanced area at the intersection of personal story, mythology and the universal human experience. Her artist’s books are in the Special Collections libraries at Colorado College and at the University of Denver, as well as in private collections. She recently exhibited her work at Camp Widow in Toronto, Ontario.
Ingrid holds degrees in fine art and in archetypal art therapy.
