Whale Screen 2009
silkscreen, collage, marker, ink and acrylic on fabric and board
10' W x 6' H x 1-3/4" thick
Collaborative folding screen project with printmaker Helen Popinchalk. Collage includes pages from Moby Dick and old New England oceanographic maps. Edges wrapped in velvet ribbon. Image is of Cetus, the whale constellation, inspired by a 14th century etching of the figure. Front side features sperm whale and sinking whaling ship (see image in portfolio).
