Sara Parkel

Hybrid Land

Sara Parkel

Hybrid Land

Date

2011

Edition Size

40

Media

Letterpress, Silkscreen, Wood block

Binding

Hand-sewn

Format

Artist Book

Dimensions

5.25 × 9 in

Publisher

Filter Press

$ 2,400.00

1 in stock


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Hybrid Land is a limited edition artist book that revolves around ecological themes, bringing into question our culture’s manipulation of crops and our interaction with the environment. The book is image-based, utilizing the effects of transparent inks through a collage-like layering of woodcuts, collagraph blocks, and pressure printing techniques. The imagery is based on plant forms including genetically modified crops such as soy and corn. With vibrant colors and imagery reflecting the beauty in nature, the interwoven text by poets Joel Brouwer and Shin Yu Pai expresses the darker implications crop modification has in our lives. Brouwer’s text, which includes excerpts from Thoreau’s ‘Bean Field’ chapter in Walden, is printed on a series of foldout pages. With reference to classical mythology and TV reality, this text is about the separation between ourselves and nature, a loss of cultural knowledge and history. Pai’s text is interwoven throughout the book, acting as the final collage layer on top of plant imagery. Drawing a palpable connection between food and memory, Pai’s text asks us to recall food from the market and from our memories.

All materials used in this book are recycled or come from rapidly renewable resources. The binding is non-adhesive. 
Poems by Joel Brouwer and Shin Yu Pai
Printing, design, and binding by Sara Parkel, Filter Press
Letterpress: collagraph blocks (4), woodcuts (18), pressure printing, photopolymer, and wood type.
Paper: printed on Neenah Papers Environment Quest White, 100% post-consumer fiber.
Cover: 1/8” natural bamboo with silkscreen title.
Ethiopian-style link stitch binding.
In an edition of 40 with 5 artist proofs. (30 available for sale)
9 x 5.25”  (26 x 5.25” open at largest spread)
Printed in Gordo, Alabama
2011