SELECTED ARTIST BOOKS…
Warmth
An illustrated, story of a human and a rabbit set in the vast cold of deep snow.
pencil, watercolor and ink on Rives BFK and handmade plant paper with lithographic monoprint on newsprint, with custom box
2023
Warmth (detail)
An illustrated, story of a human and a rabbit set in the vast cold of deep snow.
pencil, watercolor and ink on Rives BFK and handmade plant paper with lithographic monoprint on newsprint, with custom box
Warmth and Illinois (installation detail at Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago Illinois, USA)
Warmth (detail)
A Precarious Balance
Very tall and small table with blocks and box, an artist book by Crystal Hartman
paper, wood, copper nails, paint, custom box
2023
A Precarious Balance (installation detail, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago IL, USA)
All Being Everywhere Happy and Free
Sculptural artist book from On a Sheet of Ice, a Flower
brass, paper, paper pulp, pencil… figure with custom box
2023
All Beings Everywhere Happy and Free (installed at Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago)
All Beings Everywhere Happy and Free (detail)
ever when you need me
ink, paper, Grandma’s thread, Mom’s thread, Joy’s knitting needle, and a stick from the prairie
When I fall into the hole in my heart, I think to you and feel better.
Desert Book
hand-torn and bound paper collected through the years with writing and watercolor paintings, 2021
Easy
collage and correspondence, hand-bound and stitched, 2020
The Light Within
lightbox, pencil, thread, wax,
(installation at Studio &, 2020)
Forever
brass, ink, paper saved throughout my life
figure with custom box, 2022
A Home
hand-stitched pages with gold-leaf and collage, portrait of a fallen bouquet, 2020
Little details from the book making process…
