Grass-Roots

Grass-Roots

Creative Writing, Studio Arts

"Mary-Ellen Campbell: ""Grassroots was created on an artist residency at Stonehouse Residency in the Sierras in California. It was August and very dry. Everyday I walked from the house to the studio through fields of waving grasses. I had never seen such a variety. The owners were very concerned about the Star Thistle, an non-native species taking over the fields.It was a beautiful blue-green but very invasive, choking out the native grasses. Flies were imported to eat the thistle. At that time there was a lot of talk in the news about immigration reform. I saw the fields of natives and alien grasses as a metaphor for immigrants making their way into established society. I thought all the grasses were beautiful and complimented each other. But I could see the problems too. ""I shot digital photos of the different species and reinterpreted them in high contrast images resembling silkscreen. ... The pages are sewn into a hand-colored tyvek concertina binding with a pamphlet stitch tied on the exterior and flowing loosely like the grasses."" http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/c/mary-ellen-campbell.html (accessed 6/29/15)"

Campbell, Mary-Ellen

Mary-Ellen Campbell

2007

Scope, Physical Description, and Image from Vamp and Tramp http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/c/mary-ellen-campbell.html

"42 pages; 7 x 4.5."" Printed with archival inks on an inkjet printer. Handsewn into a hand-colored tyvek concertina binding. Pamphlet stitch tied on the exterior. Photos and text by Mary-Ellen Campbell. http://www.vampandtramp.com/finepress/c/mary-ellen-campbell.html (accessed 6/29/15) Denison's copy is 5 of 20."

English

35108007134455

DEN Spec Coll N7433.4.C36 .G73 2007

http://consort.library.denison.edu/record=b3825211a