Description
About this piece:
YOU Cannot Put a Fire Out, featuring a poem by Emily Dickinson, addresses our climate crisis, along with the thought that we ultimately are defenseless against Earth’s natural forces. 2018 was the deadliest and most destructive wildfire season in California history. The “Camp Fire” destroyed the town of Paradise in Northern California on November 8, 2108. The 2018 Atlantic hurricane season was the third in a consecutive series of above average and damaging Atlantic hurricane seasons, featuring fifteen named storms, eight hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. On September 5, Florence became the first major hurricane of the season. Woodcut images are modeled after the wildfire in Paradise and Hurricane Florence. Images and text were laser cut and the images constructed into pop-ups.
Poem by Emily Dickinson. Woodcuts printed on a Takach etching press. Text, 20 pt. Lucinda Sans, laser cut on a Full Spectrum Muse.
Materials:
paper, book cloth, ink
About the artist:
Lives & works in Eugene, Oregon, United States
Susan Lowdermilk’s artist books feature traditional printmaking processes, pop-up pages and movable structures. Her recent work explores issues related our complex relationship to nature. She is a professor at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, and teaches workshops in artist’s books, paper engineering and printmaking. Her artist’s books are collected by public institutions worldwide and her work is regularly exhibited. She earned her MFA from the University of Oregon in Eugene, and her BFA from Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
