A Book with No Words. Altered book with encaustic & mixed media. © 2010 Haley Nagy. A Book with No Words is an experiment into what happens to a narrative when the text is removed. Specifically, I covered the words from this book in multiple layers of white encaustic gesso and paint – much like [...]
Sweet Baby Rose. 4 x 6. Encaustic & Mixed Media on Paper. © 2009 Haley Nagy. SOLD. I just finished binding the special commission I received last week. Before I show you the final product, I wanted to give you an overview of the process itself. The patron of this project (Rose’s godmother) provided the content [...]
This collection of images is a digital “book” that takes advantage of the internet and social networking sites to distribute the content across new media platforms. Imagine this piece as if it were an electronic set of playing cards accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Each card is a self portrait of the artist. [...]
“Saving Yourself: Steps to Preserving the Chastity of Adolescent Girls” is a collection of photographic essays. The interior pages leave black smudge marks on the hands of the reader, causing them to dirty themselves simply through the act of reading. Just as the true nature of the photographs are revealed, the participants in this dialog [...]
Handmade artist book filled with Croatian recipes, such as “war cake”. The condition and staining chronicles the turbulent and mysterious journey this cookbook has undergone. Diary-like entries and handwritten notes shed light on the life of the owner. Read more about the process of creating this book on my previous post: Bookbinding Inspiration. Nagy Family [...]
