ENCROACHMENT
Linking the private to the public, this installation transformed a CTA car from a transitory, utilitarian space to a destination in itself. In an alternative method of viewer interaction, this dream like, imaginary world was inhabited with both the average headphone wearing, Red Eye reading commuter and the cookie baking, novel reading home body. This installation asks, “Which train do you ride?”
Encroachment. Encaustic mono-printed curtains and mixed media installation. © 2010 Haley Nagy.
ILLUMINATIONS
Illuminations is a flag book comprised of densely fused, encaustic-handmade paper laminations. The process of “reading” this highly sculptural book form transforms the work into an exploration of both reader-book interaction and the many ways to conceal and reveal light within an artist book. Read more about this work on the original blog post.
Illuminations. Flag book with encaustic & handmade cotton paper laminates. © 2010 Haley Nagy.
A BOOK WITH NO WORDS
A Book with No Words. Altered book with encaustic & mixed media. © 2009 Haley Nagy.
WHERE’S ALICE?
Where’s Alice. Accordion book, pop-ups and ink . © 2009 Haley Nagy.
ALBUM
“Album” is a work about death and memory that features cropped images of deceased family members. Meant to recall an aging self-adhesive photo album, the work involves all the senses. The pages make crackling noises. The book holds a musty fragrance and the waxed paper feels heavy and glossy in the hand. Furthermore, a single photo remnant is left looseleaf within the pages of the book in order to further simulate the effect of photographs falling out of an old self-adhesive album that has lost it’s “stickiness”. The book is about simultaneous decay and preservation of both our loved ones and our memories of them.
Album. Encaustic, mixed media and handmade flax and cotton paper. © 2009 Haley Nagy.
CONCEALMENT SERIES
The fusion of encaustic and hand papermaking is used to explore the idea of the “hidden”. See more images and read more about this series on the original blog post.
Concealment Series. Encaustic & handmade cotton paper laminate. © 2009 Haley Nagy.
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