Take Care

Media: handmade paper (cotton blowout), silk thread

Statement:
"Take Care" is an age–old phrase. This piece reflects the evolution of writing methods and systems, drawing parallels between tradition, practicality, and the future of communication. In this information age, is the art of cursive handwriting obsolete, or is handwriting becoming obsolete because of technology? Are salutations passé?

Sift

Media: handmade paper (cotton blowouts), pochoir, silk thread

Statement:
How does one find meaning in making during the Covid–19 pandemic? Stitching and deliberate poking into paper was one source of sanity as I 'sifted' through all the information––waiting and watching.

Covidium Roulette

Media: handmade cast paper

Statement:
The installation, "Covidium Roulette", covers the gallery wall with colorful, textured circles of handmade paper. But, as the title suggests, it invites the viewer to consider sobering questions about transmission of the virus and the pandemic.

Biography

Kerri Cushman is a sculptural book artist and papermaker with an affinity for letterpress. She is a professor of art teaching traditional papermaking, bookbinding, and letterpress printing at Longwood University in Virginia. She shows her work internationally and is the proprietor of Performing Goats Press.

kerricushman.com