I used the Venetian Blind book structure in this work. I pounded leaves and florals on handmade cotton paper soaked in madder and cochineal dye. The leaves were foraged and the florals grown on the land where I live today. Land once promised to the Lenape by William Penn's sons in the Walking Purchase. The work emerged from their footsteps.
Emergence: 2025 Member's Exhibition
Kelly
Rebecca Kelly
Rebecca is a teaching artist at Lehigh University Art Galleries, Young Audiences of NJ and PA and The Banana Factory in Bethlehem, PA. Rebecca is on the roster of The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
Ms. Kelly is a gifted visual artist who specializes in Book and Textile Arts. Her work has been exhibited at The Philadelphia Museum of Art Library, Phila, PA, South Haven Arts Center, South Haven, MI, The Studio Exhibit at Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL, The Phillips Mill Art Association Annual Juried Show, Hunterdon Art Museum Members Show and St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn.
Blossom
13" l x 4" wide
Pounded leaves and florals on handmade cotton paper soaked in madder and cochineal dye. Venetian blind book structure.
2024