#sarahmcdermott

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This artist’s book entitled “Channel & Flow” documents an attempt to follow a stream on its path through a dense suburban neighborhood. It uses the structure of the book's page turns and foldouts to represent how the stream has been contained and fragmented by the built environment. (From the publisher’s note)

Tripp’s Run is a stream located in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, D.C. It runs above and below ground for approximately five miles before draining into Lake Barcroft, and ultimately the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay.

“A combative relationship has emerged between human actors and water’s inherent propensity to flow, spread, and cling to itself….. Despite the changes of the last century, Tripp’s Run persists in some form, a presence we experience like an echo, appearing and disappearing, perhaps most reliably visible as the negative space inside an environment that has been built under, over, and up to its edges.”

Happy National River Day!

Channel & flow McDermott, Sarah [artist, author] Rosendale, NY : Women's Studio Workshop, 2014. 36 unnumbered pages (some folded) : color illustrations ; 16 cm English "The Kidney Press." Issued in an edition of 50. HOLLIS number: 990148500110203941

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Hello again! Very happy to share PrintCamp 2018 (June 2 - 10) at Printmakers Open Forum participant info -  In alphabetical order by last name...Next up Sarah McDermott aka ChemLawn Website: www.thekidneypress.com On her work:  My work centers on issues of power, exploring relations of diminamce between different groups of people, and between people and their environment. Human interactions are necessarily filled with disorder and struggle; I observe and interpret the ways that people try to create order, with varying degrees of permanence, by manipulating and defining space within a built environment. I explore how these human geopgraphies manifest in our psychology and embodiment, through our perception of space and how we navigate it. I'm currently taking first steps with imagery around a series of concepts related to industrial history where I am living in West Virginia, and trying to be open about what form they will ultimately take. I teach in a printmaking program, so I teach a little bit of everything, but I am way more experienced with letterpress and relief printing and screen printing, which I use extensively in my own work.  What she will be doing at PrintCamp: I would like to expand my general knowledge of intaglio. Namely: -Expanding the kinds of marks I can make on the plate, experimenting with sugar lift, spit bite and other techniques.  -I want to experiment with using acrylic grounds, such as with the Montana and Molotov inks, in an effort to potentially (depending on how it works) move in a more non-toxic direction. -I want to try to etch on different types of paper and to experiment more with integrating etching into book arts. -I would also like to reinforce my knowledge about studio setup for acid baths etc.   I would also like to experiment more with chine colle and with combining media.    I like the way this is set up as sharing skills among practicing artists. I view printmaking as grounded in various traditions but also constantly changing- I am very open to trying new things, and I try to avoid fetishizing skills and tools. That said I love learning new skills/technique/craft and enjoy doing so in a less hierarchical manner than with many traditional schools. I have good communication skills, I'm good at sharing space, and I have a sense of humor. I’m a good cook, which might come in handy.   Skill Share Presentation at PrintCamp:  Something in screenprint: working with rubylith, making and printing a repeat, mono print techniques. Resume: EDUCATION Education: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, May 2010, Master of Fine Arts, Book Arts  Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, December 2001, Bachelor of Arts, Urban Studies