Collaborative Anthotypes 'A Living Archive' Featured in Providence Arts & Letters
Do you know what an ‘anthotype’ is?
I’ve been collaborating with photo-based artist Lindsey Beal to experiment with pokeweed anthotypes to create a contemporary archive of the Blackstone River watershed. Anthotypes are an Earth-friendly art process that makes photo-based images using plant juices. You make an anthotype by coating paper with light-sensitive plant or berry juice, laying down an object or film, and leaving it in the sun for a week to several weeks. Talk about a slow process! In this case we used the juice of smashed up pokeweed berries.
I’m honored that this exploratory work has been commissioned and shared by Providence Arts & Letters, an online journal of art, culture, and ideas that is published by Providence College Galleries.