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Margaret CraigPiled On the Ruins, Handmade Paper Composition2023
2023
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Piled On the Ruins
20.0 x 20.0 x 0.6, 0.3 lbs
Handmade paper, mixed media
Hand signed by artist
Artist's Commentary:
"This handmade paper piece related to stuff that is found in the ground. The cellulose of the handmade paper relates to decomposing fallen leaves that become soil. Found in that "soil" are images of trash across time, busted plastic bottles, broken pipes and broken arrows. Along with trash, are fungus and roots that are part of natures ecology below ground."
About the Artist:
Margaret Craig received a degree in Biology Secondary Education, a BS in Art and an MA in Painting from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She received an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Texas at San Antonio. An innovator in printmaking techniques, she invented Tar Gel Pressless Etching. She is included in many public and private collections including the Library of Congress. She is Professor Emeritus of Printmaking and Paper at the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio, TX. She has one husband, one bird, five cats, one spastic puppy, and a mess of grown stepchildren. Her original college degree in biology has been a major influence in both the visual and ecological context of her work. The work is rooted in the symbiotic ecostructure we all precariously live in, and involves an elaborate, possibly excessive, process that (re)cycles the original post-consumer paper and plastic through several art forms and media, including acrylic, watercolor, printmaking, papermaking and installation sculpture.
- Creator:Margaret Craig
- Creation Year:2023
- Dimensions:Height: 20 in (50.8 cm)Width: 20 in (50.8 cm)Depth: 0.6 in (1.53 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Boston, MA
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