Portfolio > Mixed Media: Collage & Book Art

Using my collection of scavenged bottle caps as inspiration, photo transfers were added to the encaustic pages, playing with a trompe l’oiel affect, while the covers hold actual metal caps embedded in the wax layers.
Sol Cervaza
Paper, wax, paint, found metal, photo transfers.
3.75 x 3.75 x 1.5
2019
Eco-printed paper made using impressions from wild flowers and leaves gathered along Trout Brook trail in West Hartford CT.
Rivoletto
Eco-printed paper, branches, thread, and slip-case.
6.5 x 6.5" book closed, 6.5 x 20' open
2019
Coptic bound book recalls the ebb and flow of the beach through gathered artifacts and eco-printed papers (using beach rose petals and leaves).
Retreating Tide
Driftwood, paper, waxed linen thread, shells, pencil drawing.
Driftwood, paper, waxed linen thread, shells, pencil drawing.
2019
Accordion book assembled from eco-printed pages embellished with a collection of found feathers hand-stitched to the paper. The leaves (for the printing process) and feathers were gathered on my daily walks. An original poem stamped into the leather scrap
Let the Wind
Paper, eco-printed images, wax, feathers, cord, leather, thread.
9.5 x 9 x 1” (closed).
2019
Page Flutter 1, 2, 3
Page Flutter 1, 2, 3
1906 book pages, wooden plaque.
4.5 x 4.5 x 4" each, triptych 4.5 x 15.5 x 4"
2018
Page Flutter 4, 5, 6
Page Flutter 4, 5, 6
1906 book pages, wooden plaque.
4.5 x 4.5 x 4" each, triptych 4.5 x 15.5 x 4"
2018
Accordion book assembled from eco-printed pages using geometric pieces based on triangles and polygons. Book folds flat (as a 6" square) and can be pulled open/extended into multiple forms as a sculpture. Nests into a box made from the same eco-printed
Ambling
Eco-printed watercolor paper, thread.
6.5 x 6.5” enclosed in a box
2019
Made from a vintage baking tin impaled with vintage bread knives, a repurposed “Italia Cucina” cookbook (a family favorite), found locks and chain. (Pages were bound into the tin using waxed linen thread, then scored with an electric carving knife).
Sacrifice
Vintage bread baking tin and knives, repurposed “Italia Cucina” cookbook, found locks and chain.
20 x 13 x 5”
2018
This artwork was inspired by the ever-present pile of unmatched socks in my house - hopeful socks, waiting for the perfect match to reappear and take them out of their limbo state in the 'missing a partner' basket.
Shoe Scribe
Unfinished shoes, unmatched socks, antique parson's chair, and poetry by C. Feeney.
36 x 24 x 8.5”
2016
Old sewing patterns repurposed into an interactive book that documents sewing work from women in my life.
Commonplace Cupboard
Vintage thread holder, thread, sewing patterns and notions.
13” x 9 x 9”
2016
Carved book erupting from the 'earth'.
After Shock
Found geology note cards, leather box, vintage topography map and sand.
2 x 5.75 x 4.25"
2016
Coptic book made to 'unmold' from the vintage pan.
Elegant Desserts
7 ½ x 6 ½ x 6 ½"
2016
Book sculpture encircled with poetry inscribed in silver on the cutting board.
Thin Skinned
Vintage onion chopper, onionskins and thread, found cutting board, and poetry by C. Feeney.
11.25 x 11.25 x 7.5"
2015
Book sculpture enclosed in bell jar.
Last Catch
Bell jar, flash cards, fishing line, lures, photos, & bolts.
8.5" x 7" x 7"
2015
Accordian Book sculpture
*Ten*
Vintage flash cards, fabric trim and gold leaf, poetry by C. Feeney, tally marks by V. Gangi (my dad) on Albanene vellum, and beads.
10 x 7 x 1” closed (accordion book)
2015
Wall sculpture created from discarded guitar strings, courtesy of Balkun Guitar shop.
Songs in my Head
Guitar Strings
2014
Dear
Dear
Photo on vintage handkerchief, letter reprinted on vellum, communion cups and daisy petals.
2014
Seven
Seven
Prints on vellum, trays, graphite and roses.
15 x 46"
2014