
materials & composition
Instead Studio examples of materials and composition elements for Essence of Birches, the body of work by Carolyn Griffin that is offered for Spring, 2024.

Instead Studio, Essence of Birches, original drawing by artist, Carolyn Griffin.
The final images are layered, lightly three-dimensional, small poetic worlds inside their shadowbox frames.
The first layer is hand drawn and then printed. There were four foundational drawing for this series.
The second layer is woven, from lithographs, or from fine art 35 mm photos sliced into warp and weft.
They are each original constructions, composed largely in the weaving process, no two the same.
All of the drawing is original to me, and the lithograph images, I have drawn on stone, and printed myself.
I shot the photographs as well, and printed them on fine art paper.
I’ve played around making boxes, ornaments and key chains as well, for fun.
I love to use these media & materials in surprising ways.