One of thirty imagined portraits of Adelina Joculatrix, part of my ongoing series inspired by the 1086 Domesday Book. Though compiled as a property record for tax purposes, human stories and personalities emerge from every page of Domesday. Few women are listed by profession, but Adelina was rewarded with property for her talents as a musician. I used the harlequin patterns of orizomegami to give her presence, with the palette of the landscape she was given.
Emergence: 2025 Member's Exhibition
Marcus
Claire B Marcus
CLAIRE MARCUS has a special interest in landscape’s power to evoke narrative. Her mixed media work and artist’s books include printmaking, photography, papermaking, and textile techniques.
ADELINA'S ROSE GARDEN
11.5 " x 3" x 38"
Orizomegami on sumi paper, accordion structure
2023
ADELINA'S SONGBOOK
One of thirty imagined portraits of Adelina Joculatrix, part of my ongoing series inspired by the medieval Domesday Book. Though compiled as a property record for tax purposes, human stories and personalities emerge from the time and text of Domesday. Few women are listed by profession, but Adelina was rewarded with property for her talents as a musician. I used a sequence of orizomegami harlequin patterns to give her compositions presence.
10.5" x 9.25" x 1"
Orizomegami prints on sumi paper in a crown structure
2023
INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
A selection of photographs from my series recording the resurgence of the Bethlehem Steel site. In every season, autumn in this case, the natural world emerges from both the ruined machinery and the repurposed buildings at the Steel site. Plant, bird, and insect life are thriving here.
6.5 " x 5" x 10"
Digital photographs stitched and collaged on Hahnemuhle Ingres, pamphlet bound into accordion structure
2024