Formally based on the formations seen inside of mountains, in caves…the work “Hungry” alludes to the physiology of Hunger, calling out to us that we are alive. Hunger persists. It is like the beat of the heart, insistent, measurable as a life sign, manifesting spikes that ebb and flow.

I made the forged steel covers of this sculptural book while at Penland School in Penland, NC. Back in my own studio in Maryland I made the paper with a subtle zig-zag pattern, painted in silver-pigmented abaca pulp, and then with embroidery thread stitched a continual silver miniature zig-zag pattern through every page of the book. The stitched continuum can be construed as an EKG, denoting a beating heart, which in my case is most always accompanied by being hungry.