Title
Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree
Summer 2013
Degree Name
MFA (Master of Fine Arts)
Degree In
Book Arts
First Advisor
Timothy Barrett
First Committee Member
Emily Martin
Second Committee Member
Julie Leonard
Third Committee Member
David Dunlap
Abstract
Beyond following historical techniques of papermaking, Siedler understands
the gesture of the hand (to hollow out, to level, to add something) in her work as a practice transforming the materiality of paper into text. Text is not a feature added to the surface of a finished sheet but becomes rather integral to the material itself. Whether drawing or painting, she is, in the basest sense, always writing. Her marks of rage, tenderness and rigor are written upon paper in all its haptic sensuality: its sound, smell and feel.
Pages
iii, 1 pages
Copyright
Copyright 2013 Katharina Siedler