Geri Michelli
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| Southshore - Lake Superior Scroll | The Gift | The Gift |
- Southshore - Lake Superior Scroll: 9" x 70" when unrolled
- The place represented in this scroll/book is a segment of the south shore of Lake Superior, where I grew up. It was there that I discovered the beauty and strength of nature, the amazing power of The Lake, the largest body of fresh water in the world. All life along its shore is affected by The Lake.
- The double scroll is an ancient book form, which I use here with a simple schematic "shore" line. As a child we drew maps in the damp earth with sticks and small stones for marking important places and special landmarks.
Geri Michelli is an artist currently working in various book art forms. A native of the upper midwest, she received a BFA degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and went on to graduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She was the director of the Duluth Art Institute (1985-90) before moving to Santa Fe, New Mexico where she continued to work administratively at the Contemporary Craftsman Gallery/Kent Galleries. She is a member of LIBROS: New Mexico Book Arts Guild, as well as the Book Arts Group of Santa Fe and has participated in their annual collaborative book as well as group exhibitions. Geri also maintains membership with PAPERWORKS: The Sonoran Collective for Paper & Book Artists. Her over-fifteen years of living in the southwest has been divided between Arizona and New Mexico, where she currently resides in Rio Rancho.
Artist Statement
I enjoy everything about making my books. There is challenge and joy in the creative act. I try to maintain a sense of play in my work, encouraged by my two young sons. Their influence is often found within the content of my handmade books, as I sometimes incorporate their drawings and messages.
Discovering hand-made books for me is a culmination of years of collage, mixed media and work in clay. I have found the book, in all its variety of forms, to be a most satisfying medium to work within.