Experimentation — that is at the heart of the work featured on this paper. I find a special joy with experimental printmaking techniques. Sometimes I roll ink across the page and other times I collaborate with artists who have access to letterpress and large presses.

I also find a special meditative peace with paper marbling. Every time I have taught either Suminagashi or Ebru, Turkish paper marbling, I have observed its profound effect to calm and to shift the focus onto the present moment. The rings, waves and patterns mimic nature — the flow of wind, the rippling of water or the rings of a tree.

Most of my life I have kept a journal and certainly endless sketchbooks as an artist. The book form, regardless of whether it is sculptural, traditional or created with laserable acrylic as part of a hybrid maker lab process, becomes a potent vehicle of expression.