Artist Books

Stephanie Damoff

I explore book forms as a way to present visual imagery in tactile forms and follow the meandering of thought. As in much of my work I try to challenge ways of seeing and invite new perspectives on the world. Many of these books offer multiple possible readings. Each reader is encouraged to find their own path.

Manual (2024)

"Manual", handmade paper bound to handmade onion skin paper. $400

Map of Where I've Been (2023)

"Map of Where I've Been", handmade paper of lomandra, abaca, and purged notebook pages; ink and watercolor on notebook fragments, thread, $400

Diary 3/24/23 (2023)

“Diary” reflects time, process, and the density of lived experience. The base sheet is a handmade paper piece using layers of phormium, purged notebook papers, chili pepper paper, and abaca with linen pulp paint. An excised handmade sketchbook page mounted on abaca is stitched to the base sheet. The looping tails of thread sketch paths mimicking the drawn ink lines.

"Diary 3/24/23" $500

Chiasma

Sine Out of Time (2021)

"Chiasma: Sine Out of Time" double-sided cyanotypes on cotton paper, with cover of kozo and cotton construction paper, $400

Chiasma/Reflecting (2021)

"Chiasma/Reflecting" double-sided cyanotypes on cotton paper, with cover of kozo and cotton construction paper, $400

Potentiality (2024)

"Potentiality." Linen pulp paint screen printed on wet handmade cotton paper, folded into a freestanding artist book, $250

Migration (2022)

"Migration" Six hand-drawn signatures bound dos-a-dos to a folded eco-printed page. $300

Eviscerated Reality (2021)

"Eviscerated Reality" Hemp fiber, pulped pages from a damaged copy of The Savage Detectives, hardware cloth, $400