Statement 

Erebid/Materia features two of my poems nestled among pulp painted abstract imagery on handmade paper. Conceived as an elegy for my father who died in 2021, the writing and imagery are meditations on my transcendent experiences of caregiving, grief, and the healing power of wonder. My personal experience of loss conjured bizarre dreams and forgotten memories of both Dad and moths. I began to notice moths everywhere in my waking world, creating an uncanny intersection of reality, recollection, and the unconscious. Bound dos-à-dos, from each side emerges a sculptural interior of handmade and printed pages that flutter open to reveal the book’s contents.

Credits

Title: Erebid/Materia
Date of publication: 2023
Place of publication: Rosendale, NY
Publisher: Women's Studio Workshop
ISBN: 978-1-943039-36-4
Dimensions: 5 X 7 X 0.625"
Number in edition: 50
Paging: 10
Paper: All paper is handmade. Cover is cotton and abaca blend, interior pages include cotton, abaca, and gampi, with pulp painted imagery.
Printing method: Silkscreen and Letterpress
Typeface: Le Havre Light
Binding: Three Hole Pamphlet
Structure: Dos a Dos
Funding source: New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, the Cowles Charitable Trust, the Windgate Foundation, the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, the Agnes Gund Foundation, NoVo Foundation, Ruth Foundation for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Signature: Signed by the artist
Writer: Michelle A M Miller
Printer: Erin Moore, Chris Petrone, Michelle A M Miller
Binder: Chris Petrone Erin Moore, Thais Calvarin
Other notes: Papermaking by Thais Calvarin, Erin Moore, Chris Petrone, Michelle A M Miller

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