PRINTMAKING
Collage/Etching Intaglio: Michelle Doege
Etching/Intaglio Puzzle: Michelle Doege
BROADSIDES
Display of broadsides and art at Root of Light launch, Vernon Museum (2023) Photo: Kristin Froneman
poetry broadsides are a combination of poem and image. I have mostly paired my poems with photographs or other’s art, but since learning printmaking, I aspire to also integrate prints.
“Deep in The Grotto.” Portland, Oregon — Poem & Photo: Michelle Doege
“Light in stone,” Assisi, Italy — Poem & Photo: Michelle Doege
“Hildegard’s Mandala” – Pilgrimage Church of St. Hildegard, Rüdesheim, Germany — Poem & Photo: Michelle Doege
“Still waters.” Salt Spring Island, British Columbia — Poem & Photo: Michelle Doege
BOOK ARTS - Chapbook
book (n.) a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together. (1)
art (n.) creative skill and imagination, producing works for their beauty or emotional power. (2)
After my father died, I was drawn to write a story about life in his community. In his trailer park, people looked out for one another, baked and delivered cookies, helped each other under the hood. So I wrote, and I printed, and I shared my story with a few friends. A few years later, I designed a cover, transferred text to book format, and printed numerous copies. Over the second Christmas without my dad, I stitched together this story, these chapbooks, and sent copies to family and close friends. This instinctive process was the road to my healing, and my door into the world of book arts.
(1) The Canadian Oxford Dictionary
(2) English Oxford Living Dictionary (online)
(3) English Oxford Living Dictionary (online)