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Lisa Barthelson
aii 31, art in isolation, family debris
family debris monoprint with mixed media: printed collage and thread on BFK Rives paper, on cradled and wired panel
8″ x 8″
2023- 2024
As I approached working away from my studio during the pandemic, I elected to work small, using much of the material that I already had at hand, including family debris monoprints, created by layering inked printing plates with my family’s detritus, a record of the mundane and obsolete. The intimate scale felt reminiscent of domestic arts and offered meditative comfort in the making. I completed a series of small family mixed media prints that eventually numbered well over 50 works. I’ll never forget the paradigm shifting time, in the end, ‘art in isolation’ has been soul- and sanity-saving homework.
www.lisabarthelson.com @lisa_barthelson
Lisa Barthelson
aii 22, art in isolation, family debris
Inspired by: John Willis, Recycled Realities 1
monoprint with mixed media: printed collage on Rives BFK paper with thread stitching on cradled panel
12″ x 12″ x .75″
2021
‘aii 22, art in isolation, family debris’ reflects the sensibilities of John Willis’s ‘Recycled Realities #1’. As Willis relays his response to recycled materials and the continuing impact of these objects and the recycling process, I look to my memorialized family debris captured on paper, layered as in a land fill, and still objects that linger in our memory and pollute our world. The art in isolation series, uses family debris prints, while adding another layer; the ‘stay at home’ impact of a pandemic on family, art making and the earth’s population as the foreshadowing of a new way of living in an unpredictable and unprepared for future for all.
@lisa_barthelson
Lisa Barthelson
aii 19, art in isolation, family debris
family debris monoprint with mixed media: printed collage and thread on bfk rives paper, with grommets
22″ x 23″
2021
As I made art during the Covid 19 stay at home order and the restrictive period that followed, I focused on using family debris monoprint remnants to create small comforting hand held work. As the pandemic continued, my work grew: increasing in size, breaking out of the confines of the square form, a creative metaphor? aii 18, art in isolation, family debris is part of the transition to larger sized, irregular abstract 2D and 3D mixed media pieces. The journey moved my heart, eye and hand forward, ever appreciative of the liberation and hope art making embodies.
@lisa_barthelson
Lisa Barthelson
aii 50, art in isolation, family debris
monoprint with mixed media: printed collage and thread
8″ x 8″ x 1.50″
2023
My ‘art in isolation’ pieces re-use family debris monoprint remnants created by layering inked printing plates with my family’s ephemeral and permanent cast offs, recording the mundane and obsolete. The compact scale enables me to hold the prints in my hand as I stitch and collage on each piece. The aii pieces feel reminiscent of ‘at home’ domestic arts and offer the same devotion and comfort in the making. In the end, the work is meditative, providing the opportunity to pursue sustainability and to re-use and re-work while following my mantra: waste not, want not.
@lisa_barthelson
nature of things 1
woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on mulberry paper, collaged onto Rives BFK
34″ x 29.5″
2024
nature of things 2
woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on Japanese paper
33.5″ x 25.5″
2024
nature of things 3
woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on Rives BFK paper
20″ x 20″
2024
nature of things 4
woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on Rives BFK paper
26″ x 20″
2024
nature of things 5
woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on Japanese paper
38″ x 26″
2024
nature of things 6
woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on mulberry paper, collages on Japanese paper
40″ x 50″
2024
nature of things forms 1-7, totem
woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on heavyweight Speedball printmaking paper
41″ x 17″ x 14″
2024
nature of things 8
woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on mulberry paper, collaged on Japanese paper, mounted on wood panel
20″ diameter
2024
Lisa Barthelson
aii 18, art in isolation, family debris
monoprint with mixed media: printed collage and thread on BFK Rives paper with grommets
22″ x 22”
2021
As I made art during the Covid 19 ‘stay at home order’ and the restrictive period that followed, I focused on using family debris monoprint remnants to create small comforting handheld work. As the pandemic continued, my work grew, increasing in size and breaking out of the confines of the square form, a creative metaphor? ‘aii 18, art in isolation, family debris’ is part of the transition to larger sized, irregularly shaped abstract 2d and 3d mixed media pieces. Creating during the pandemic moved my heart, eye and hand forward, ever appreciative of the liberation and hope art making embodies.
@lisa_barthelson
Lisa Barthelson
you are what you eat, plastic! eating the rainbow? family debris
Inspired by: Matt Siber, McDonalds Henry George Todd, Study of Strawberries Justin Walker, Daddy Bruce
found object assemblage, repurposed plastic family debris and thread
16″ x 16″ x 7″
2024
Todd’s Study of Strawberries, Siber’s McDonald’s and Walker’s Daddy Bruce all speak to the warning that what you eat may not be food you imagined! Fraught with meaning from life spans, to consumerism and its byproducts, including everlasting plastic, to the health we pursue when seeking nourishment. In a warming and toxic world, what are we eating, the healthful rainbow? All the plastic ever made still exists, breaking down into smaller particles over time. Some scientists have estimated that the average person may eat 5 grams of microplastics in a week, about the weight of a credit card, bon appetite!
@lisa_barthelson
Lisa Barthelson
aii form 3, art in isolation, family debris
family debris monoprints as sculpture: Rives BFK paper, printed collage and thread
28″ x 28″ x 24”
2022
During the Covid 19 ‘stay at home’ order, I worked small, using material that I had on hand, including family debris monoprints, created by layering inked plates with mundane family cast offs. The intimate scale offered meditative comfort in the making. After completing a series of ‘art in isolation’ mixed media prints, I moved on to larger quilt-like work created by piecing together monoprints & incorporating collage & stitching. And then 3D, using double sided prints for components, I built forms: folded paper vessels stitched together to create sculptures that continue to push the limits of paper, ink and thread.
@lisa_barthelson