Other People’s Photographs
Mixed media prints incorporating linoleum block prints, monoprints, and hand embroidery and machine free embroidery on paper and fabric. They are based on photographic negatives bought at a secondhand store.
Constructing Personal Memories with the Assistance of Other People’s Photographs, #1 / 2014
Ink on paper and vellum, thread;
22 1/4 in x 19 in
Detail of Constructing Personal Memories...#1
Constructing Personal Memories with the Assistance of Other People’s Photographs, #2 / 2015
Ink on paper and vellum, thread;
14 1/2 in x 24 in
Detail of Constructing Personal Memories...#2
Constructing Personal Memories with the Assistance of Other People’s Photographs, #3 / 2015
Ink on paper and vellum, thread;
30 in x 22 1/2 in
Detail of Constructing Personal Memories...#3
Detail of Constructing Personal Memories...#3
Constructing Personal Memories with the Assistance of Other People's Photographs, #4 / 2016
Ink, thread on used bed sheet, sheer fabric;
24 in x 17 1/2 in
Detail of Constructing Memories...#4
AeroPerú (Theirs and Almost Mine) / 2016
Ink, thread on used bed sheet and tulle;
24 1/2 in x 18 in
Detail of AeroPerú (Theirs and Almost Mine)
With the Girls at the Park, Circa 1989 / 2016
Ink, thread on secondhand bed sheet and curtain;
25 3/4 in x 34 1/2 in
Detail of With the Girls at the Park, Circa 1989
Keepsake from Trip to Disneyland, Circa 1986 / 2016
Ink and thread on paper, graphite on fabric;
31 in x 22 1/4 in
Detail from Keepsake from Trip to Disneyland, Circa 1986
Blevin's Nutritious Popcorn / 2017
Ink, colored pencil, thread on vellum and paper;
14 in x 11 in
Known and Unknown
This series of monoprints was based on old family photos from my mom’s family. Taken in Peru in the 1950s and 1960s, they feature my grandparents and my mother, the little girl hiding her face in one image.
Known and Unknown, #1/2007
monoprint on paper;
30 in x 44 in
Known and Unknown, #2/2007
monoprint on paper;
30 in x 44 in
Known and Unknown, #3/2007
monoprint on paper;
30 in x 44 in
Known and Unknown, #4/2007
monoprint on paper;
44 in x 30 in
Known and Unknown, #5/2007
monoprint on paper;
30 in x 44 in
Known and Unknown, #6/2007
monoprint on paper;
44 in x 30 in
Known and Unknown, #7/2007
monoprint on paper;
30 in x 44 in
Known and Unknown, #8/2007
monoprint on paper;
44 in x 30 in
Known and Unknown, #9/2007
monoprint on paper;
30 in x 44 in
Known and Unknown, #10/2007
monoprint on paper;
30 in x 44 in