Fossil Fuels by Michelle Wilson
“Collographs, intaglio, relief, hand painting, and hand embroidery. Text tip-ins are digitally printed on Hiromi Paper’s Asuka Natural using Century Schoolbook, and the endsheets are handmade denim paper made by the artist. It is a misconception that petroleum is the remains of dinosaurs. Rather, it is the remains of single-celled organisms, such as plankton and algae, buried in sediments. Over millions of years, as temperature and pressure increase, their biomass is transformed into crude oil, a chemical humankind is consuming at an unsustainable rate, while such consumption in turn contributes to pollution, global warming, and war.”–(Artist’s website).
“Fossil Fuels, 2011. Accordion fold with pop-ups, printed using intaglio, collograph, relief, and inkjet, with hand coloring and hand embroidery, handmade paper endsheets and cover, from a series of works exploring the origins of fossil fuels. 7 x 3.75 x 3 inches closed, 7 x 48 inches with variable depth full spread. Unique artist book.”–(Distributor’s website).