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  • A Bit of Muchness

    A Bit of Muchness is a synonym for the word “flood” and is the title of the display as well as in the title of one of the artists’ books on display from June 1st to June 30th 2023.  Urban Ore offers a “residency” – an opportunity to display artwork in a case by the front entrance and is one of my favorite places in Berkeley.  In fact many of the materials for the books are found there as well as on the streets of Oakland and on our land up north.  Peter Suchecki, an artist and my partner, provides the sawing and the sewing. The books are about a range of things like bird calls, politics, climate change, and being in the landscape, and are mostly connected to the natural world.

  • SONGBIRD Color Chart

    This is a field guide of sorts that I started in 1997 after finding an antique book with a color chart for bird identification. I painted the colors on paper pieces and arranged them in a rising and falling rhythmic pattern.  Later I added sonograms and mnemonics of bird song or calls corresponding to the colors. A list of the 34 birds is on the back page and is numbered lightly on the preceding pages. (Lauri)

    5.5” x 3.5” x 1.25”, Walnut, paper, ink, paint, press type 1997-2022
    Collection: U.C. Berkeley College of Environmental Design library

    A list of the 34 birds in the book:

  • Reading the Landscape

    This was the second Reading the Landscape exhibition. The exhibition was held at the College of Environmental Design Library on the University of California Berkeley campus for Fall semester 2021. Some of the artists’ books had been shown before, some are in the collection of the library and some are new, such as the Covid and Me series. Most of the books can be found on this website. (Lauri)