by Lauren | May 8, 2013 | art, artist, book arts, printmaking, workshop
A couple of weeks ago, I was invited to teach a printmaking workshop at one of my favorite places in the world, Wildacres. It’s been a long time since I’ve been up on that mountain…I used to work there, eons ago, and frankly it was the best job I... by Lauren | May 7, 2013 | art, artist, book arts, books, letterpress, penland
Elegy for the Wild at Heart pokes fun at the dicey situations that love throws us into, and how we react to those bumps in the road. My research for this book consisted of asking friends and colleagues two questions: 1) “What’s the worst breakup line you... by Lauren | May 7, 2013 | art, books, letterpress
I Want a Crayfish’s Heart began as a simple idea: if my heart was broken, and I could choose from a catalog of replacements from different creatures, what would I choose? Which heart would be strong enough to withstand another crushing blow? The narrative... by Lauren | May 7, 2013 | art, book arts, books, letterpress
Specimens is a book in four parts. The narrative compares the speaker’s romantic relationship to the behaviors of poisonous and carnivorous insects. Or, more accurately, the speaker relays the ways in which her lover, an entomologist, compares her behavior to... by Lauren | May 7, 2013 | books
With apologies to Tom Robbins, this book was based on a trip that I took through Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico in 2011. The seeds for this book were printed a couple of summers before, when I visited two sites in particular that I found particularly inspiring. One...