Grace Flinchbaugh
The Human Collection
Through the idea of nature, I wanted to explore human nature and the common yet individual habit of collecting. I find it fascinating that everyone you come across has a collection of something important to them in some way. For this work, I gathered various collections, ranging from beads and jewelry to rocks and childhood toys, and arranged them together to expose them on cyanotype paper. Because cyanotypes don't show you the entire object, I wanted some of the original collected objects within the book to act as an added visual and interactive quality to the work.
Risograph Prints
2024
7” x 5” x 1”
Miranda Gonzalez
A Longing For Air
A series of watercolor paintings, each dedicated to a piece of nature I long to be around and miss during my busy season when I cannot truly immerse myself. As the semester comes to a close I find myself getting lost in the feeling of sunlight and nature.
Colophon: watercolor paintings scanned and printed doubled sided bound together using waxed thread, book cloth
4” x 4.5” x .75”
Emma Hu
Spring Moments
Emma Hu is a mix media artist who's work mainly focusing on nature observation.
Colophon
Artist:
EmmaHu
Material:
Special Textured Paper, Thai Banana, Tracing Paper, Dry Flower, Weeds, Dandelion, Ink, Lino Print, Watercolor Paper.
This Book Is A Collection of Beautiful Moments In Spring.
5” x 5” x 0.375”
Teddi Kabler
The Best
This text is allusive—you may not grasp it, I do not grasp it—slippery bitch. It is beyond sight, beyond mind, beyond clarity. If you choose to enter it, you will be with me, but you may leave me as the journey is an exercise in focus, a game of memory, and connect-the-dots if you will. It is a dropped chain, containing links and falling where it will: looping to places it has been and moving toward places it has not. May you be a nimble detangler. Only situational perspective allows legibility. Be aware of relative positions. You are warned: in all seriousness, take nothing too seriously.
This is the Masters of Fine Arts thesis text of Teddi K written in accompaniment to their graduation installation for the Mount Royal School of Art multidisciplinary program. Titled, above: record of distinction, window: no tongue at all, below: allusive touch, and installed in the Riggs and Leidy galleries of the Fred Lazarus IV Graduate building for the Grad Show 2024 at Maryland Institute College of Art from April 12-28, 2024.
The copy is type set in Lora eight point, and Lexend thin, semi-bold, and bold at ten or fourteen point and printed on 40lb glossy paper at the MICA Graduate Research Laboratory April, 2024.
4" x 5" x 0.75”
Marchwell Kaplan
Native Plants of Baltimore
For a community to thrive, it is imperative to have flora native to the community growing at all times. Native plants are critical to our environment, as they are naturally adapted to the local environment, are often more disease resistant than non-natives, creative scenic landscaping, and provide food and shelter for wildlife. This book is meant to be an artistic recreation of my research into native plants of Baltimore and the wider DMV area.
Printed with risograph on cougar paper.
All images are open access with each artist listed on a separate sheet.
4” x 5.25” x 0.5”
Dan Landsberg
Moments in Nature
Dan Landsberg is a mixed-media artist from Miami, Florida. They have always loved all things whimsical and fanciful. Most of their art has the desire and goal to create an energy/space/environment of magic and fantasy. Dan loves discovering and experimenting with various materials, from traditional paint to found objects. Fun and beauty are values that they hold dear to their heart. They aim to create art that is both exciting for them and others.
Colophon:
Book by Dan Landsberg
~Collage on book board
~Cyanotypes
~Anthotypes
~Gel transfer prints
6” x 8.5” x 0.25”
Leona Liu
Lunasea
In human culture, the moon carries a dual longing and aspiration to break through confinement, embodying both negativity and positivity. For this book, I explored the relationship between the moon and human culture. With the cornflower and gold color chosen for printing and French stitching, it creates a wonderful experience when flipping.
French Link Stitch, Risograph
©Fortune Cookie Press 2024
Designed by Leona Liu
3.75” x 7.5” x 0.25”
Annabel McGannon
It’s Only Natural
I am interested in aspects of the natural world that are not ordinarily photographed, such as animal flesh and insects.
Colophon:
It’s Only Natural is a book of 35mm, 120, 4x5 film, polaroid, and digital photographs.
Made for Sarah Matthews’ Artist Book class in May of 2024.
by Annabel McGannon
5.5” x 6.25” x 0.25”
Miguel Monge-Sandoval
The Canticle of the Sun
My work is primarily focused on religious imagery and sentiment. I use historical techniques, themes, and images to bring them into modern consciousness and reinstate them as an integral part of today's aesthetic visual vocabulary.
Colophon:
Miguel Monge-Sandoval, Lino, India ink, french link stitch, InDesign, reinforced cardstock 2024
8.5” x 11” x 0.75"
Kiara Patel
microcosms
b. 2004 in Nagpur, India, Kiara Patel is an aspiring graphic designer, printmaker, and sound artist studying at Maryland Institute College of Art (BFA, 2026).
‘microcosms’ is an artists’ book investigating the long history of environmental injustice in three of Baltimore’s neighborhoods along the Patapsco River: Curtis Bay, Brooklyn, and Fairfield. This book is one of three editions and resulted from extensive research and on-site investigation, as well as discussions with residents, environmentalists, and many of Blue Water Baltimore’s members and archives. This semester-long project aims to highlight some critical issues within Baltimore’s institutions and systems that originated during Baltimore’s foundation and have had a huge impact on these neighborhoods.
6" x 8.3” x 2.7”
Sara Regis
Metamorphic
In this piece, I experimented with the theme of nature through the lens of spring and regeneration. I used the vibrant colors of risograph printing and imagery of flowers and bugs to symbolize springtime. Additionally, I included text describing the life cycles of plants and butterflies. These prints repeat throughout each signature in the book, symbolizing the cyclical nature of the processes. The binding is exposed to reveal the process behind making the book.
Risograph Printing, French link, and Coptic bookbinding, Handmade papers.
7" x 5" x 0.75"
Grace Smith
A Pocket Guide to Houseplants
As a graphic designer, I am used to making artwork that can be used every day. This booklet was made to function as both a piece of art and a reference when caring for new houseplants. It is small enough to fit into a pocket or handbag but large enough to fit nicely on a shelf. I used a simple color scheme to create cohesion between each of the illustrations and give the book a collective sense of unity.
A Pocket Guide to Houseplants by Grace Smith, Spring 2024; Heavy paper, book cloth, book board, & acrylic paint; Inkjet printed interior pages & title plate, block printed maker's mark on the back cover
4.25" x 5.5" x .25"
Matt Vogel
Capturing Nature
Capturing Nature is a book of photographs and moments I captured on film. The selected photographs explore humanity's harmony and its impact on nature when we embrace what came before us rather than destroying it.
Capturing Nature was designed, printed, and assembled by Matt Vogel in April 2024. It is one of three in the second edition and is part of a larger body of work made in collaboration with Elise Adamson, named "Captured Nature." This book was completed in Sarah Matthews' Artists' Books Class at MICA.
5.75" x 6" x 1.25"
Madysen Williams
How It Ends
Madysen Williams is a illustrator and book artist from the Metro Detroit area of Michigan, currently residing and studying in Baltimore. Madysenʼs work is greatly influenced by the otherworldly wonder of science fiction, horror, and fantasy stories. Something that she reflects in her work through her high-contrast images, cool color palettes, and experimentation with texture. Madysen primarily works digitally or in dip pen but enjoys experimenting with paint and printmaking through her book arts practice.
How it ends, a collection of decorative paper finally being put to use.
Printed, assembled, and bound at the Maryland Institute College of Art by Madysen Williams
4” x 4” x 0.25”
https://madysensportfolio.godaddysites.com/
