Eddy in the Stream of Becoming, 2025,digital image, dimensions variable
Artist Books
Making books is something that I’ve been interested in for a long time, and since 2021 it has come to be my main focus. One difficulty with presenting books online is that one doesn’t get the experience of holding the book and looking through it. There’s really no substitute for holding a book in your hand, but to give a better idea of the experience of looking through some of them, I decided to present them here with some short videos.
Glyphs Ceremonial Sculptures
After I made a number of the Glyph document pieces based on the bark beetle outlines, I conceived the idea of the Glyphs as larger metallic objects. I imagined the kind of ceremonial artifacts which might have been carried symbolically in a procession. I enlarged the outlines of the beetle galleries onto plywood which I cut out and then covered with multiple layers of patinated copper leaf. The sculptures are flat and designed to float about an inch or two away from the wall.
About Jim
In 1999, he moved with his family to Salt Lake City. After that move, he branched out from photography to a diverse practice that focuses on translating digital imagery from his photographs and research about the natural world into print or mixed media. He has been making Artists Books since 2019. His books have been exhibited nationally and are represented in a number of university library and museum collections around the country.
