book excavations
 Medicine (front) (2017)15" x 12.5" x 4"
Altered book with walnut stand.
Available |  Medicine (back) (2017)15" x 12.5" x 4"
Altered book with walnut stand.
Available |  Portland Trolley Years (2016)11 1/4" x 18 1/4" x 3/4"
Available |
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 Ladd & Co (2017)9 1/4" x 6 1/2" x 1 1/2"
Available |  Key Plants (2017)9 1/4" x 6" x 1/2"
Created from a book called Woody Plants of Eastern Oregon and Washington.
Available |  Art Consequences (2017)9 1/4" x 6 1/4" x 1 1/4"
Created from a book Social Games.
Available |
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 Despotism (2017)8 1/2" x 11 1/4" x 1 1/8"
Available |  Body and Mind (2017)14.75" x 11" x 1"
Available |  Double Dutch (2017)9 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 1/2"
Available |
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 Understanding To Move Us Deeply2017
9 1/4" x 12 1/4" x 1/2" |  Aldiborontiphoskyphorniostikos(2017)8 1/2" x 12" x 5/8"
SOLD - Private Collection, Nebraska |  Mayan Calendar (2017)5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8"
SOLD - Private Collection, Wisconsin |
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 Love (2017)5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8"
Available |  Celtic Pattern (2017)5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8"
Available |  Curves (2017)5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8"
Available |
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 Then Entrust Love (2016)9" x 6" x 1 1/4"
Available |  Nature Circle2016 - 40" x 40" x 52" - created with a set of 16 Golden Nature Guides standing atop a table with legs made of old books. |  May 19142017 - 21 1/4" x 37 1/4" x 2" - created from a set of bound Oregon Journal newspapers from May 1914 - SOLD - private collection - Vancouver, WA |
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 Sunday Comics2017 - 14 1/4" x 10 1/4" x 1 1/2" - created from the Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics - SOLD - private collection, Portland, OR |  Today is Here2016 - 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 1/2" - private collection, Portland, OR |  The Golden Section2016 - 5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 3/8" - SOLD - Collection of UCLA |
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 Harmonograph2016 - 5 3/4" x 6 7/8" x 5/8" - Included in feature film "Sounds Perfect" directed by Ian Fowler |  Birds2016 - 6" x 4" x 3/8" - created from Golden Nature Guide "Birds" - SOLD |  Seashells2016 - 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" x 3/4" - SOLD - private collection, Portland, OR |
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 Puget Sound2016 - 11" x 8.5" x .5" - created from Marine Birds and Mammals of the Puget Sound |  How-To-Do-It2016 - 9 5/8" x 6 1/2" x 7/8" |  In the Gearbox2016 - 7 7/8" x 5/8" |
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 Rocks and Minerals |  Non-Flowering Plants (2015)SOLD - Private Collection, Portland, OR |  Seashores2015 - 9" x 6" x 6" - book excavation with glass belljar on wood stand - SOLD, private collection, Portland, OR |
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 Moths and Butterflies (belljar)(web)2015 - 9" x 6" x 6" - book excavation with glass belljar and walnut stand |  Kwakiutl House2016 - 6" x 4" x 3/8" - created from the Golden Nature Guide "Pacific Northwest" - SOLD - private collection, Portland, OR |  Queen of Autmn Flowers (2015)10" x 19 3/4" x 5"
Available |
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 Be Initiated Into Another Genesis2015
9 7/8" x 7" x 1 1/8"
Available |  The Idea of Deity (2016)6" x 4" x 3/8"
SOLD - Collection of UCLA Medical Library |  The Outlines of Beauty (2015)10 1/2" x 16 1/4" x 1"
SOLD (Private Collection, Portland, OR) |
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 The Trailblazers (2015)11" x 8 1/2" x 3/4"
SOLD (Private Collection, Seattle WA) |  What The Earth Is Made Of (2015)SOLD (Collection of Baylor University) |  Onomatopoeia (2015)Available |
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 Sacred Number (2015)6 7/8" x 5 3/4" x 3/8"
SOLD |  Don't Be Nervous (2015)11 3/4" x 9 1/2" x 1"
Available |  Coincidence in the Universe (2015)6 7/8" x 5 3/4" x 3/8"
SOLD (Private Collection, Palo Alto, CA) |
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 Perspective (2015)6 7/8" x 5 3/4" x 3/8"
SOLD (Private Collection, Portland, OR) |  Wind-Water (2015)6 7/8" x 5 3/4" x 3/8"
SOLD |  Sears Roebuck 1897 (2015)11 1/4" x 9" x 1 3/4"
Available |
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 Something Worth Watching (2015)6" x 4" x 1/2"
SOLD (Collection of Virginia Commonwealth University) |  Universal History (2015)10.5" x 16.25" x 1"
SOLD (Private Collection Portland, OR) |  The World We Live In (2014)22" x 14" x 1" (29" x 21" framed) |
Original book by Time Life 1955 |
Available |
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 Biological Clocks (2014)9" x 6 1/4" x 3/4" (14" x 11 1/4" framed)
Available |  Forever Know Me (2014)9" x 6" x .75" (14" x 11" framed) |
Original book "Church of Our Fathers" by Roland Bainton 1950 |
Available |  The Body and Drugs (2014)9" x 9" x 12" |
Original books by Life Science Library 1964 and 1967 |
SOLD - UCLA, Louise M Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA |
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 The Body and Drugs (2014)9" x 9" x 12" |
Original books by Life Science Library 1964 and 1967 |
SOLD - UCLA, Louise M Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA |  Symmetry (2014)7" x 6" x 1/2" (12" x 11" framed)
SOLD (Private Collection, New York) |  Woodworking |
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 Old Mr Boston Deluxe (2013)7.5" x 4.5" x .5" (12.5" x 9.5" framed) |
Original book by Leo Cotton 1963 |
SOLD |  Human Anatomy (2013)8" x 5" x .5" (13" x 10" framed) |
Original book by Franz Frohse, Max Brodel, Leon Scholossberg 1963 |
SOLD - Commission for a private collection, Bellevue, Washington |  Later A Myth Was Developed (2012)6” x 9” x 1.75” (11” x 14” x 2.75” framed) |
Original book “The Progressive Reference Library Volume VII” 1930 |
SOLD - Private collection, New York, NY |
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 Skulduggery (2012)26” x 16“ x 2.5“ (31” x 23” framed) |
Original book “75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Myth Making” by Paul Levitz 2010 |
SOLD - Ringling College of Art and Design, Verman Kimbrough Memorial Library, Sarasota, FL |  World Theater (2012)15” x 10.5” x 1.5“ (20” x 15.5” framed) |
Original book by Bamber Gascoigne 1968 |
Available |  Everybody's Encyclopedia (2011)9.5” x 7.5” x 1.5” (14.5” x 12.5” framed) |
Original book by Charles Ed. Morris 1907 |
SOLD |
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 Spanish Prayers (2011)6.5“ x 9“ x 1“ (11.5” x 14” framed) |
Original book “Pirates” by David Mitchell 1976 |
SOLD - Private Collection Portland, Oregon |  One Possible Solution (2011)5.25” x 8.25” x .625” |
Original book “The Great International Math on Keys Book” by Texas Instruments 1976 |
SOLD - University of Colorado Boulder Special Collections Library |  Fashion (2010)12” x 9.5” x 1.5” (17” x 14.5” framed) |
Original by Alison A Nieder 2009 |
Available |
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 Historic Costume (2010)8.75” x 11.5” x .75” |
Original by Braun & Schnieder 1975 |
SOLD - Johns Hopkins University, Milton S Eisenhower Library, Baltimore, MD |  Copenhagen Blue (2010)8.75” x 11.5” x .75” (13.75” x 16.5” framed) |
Original book “Flapper Era Fashions: From the Roaring 20‘s” by Tina Skinner, Lindy McCord 2004 |
SOLD - Private Collection Seattle, WA |  At The Edges Of Brave Voyages (2009)11” x 8.5” x .5” (16” x 13.5” framed) |
Original Book “Seafaring America” by Alexander Laing 1974 |
Private Collection, Kenosha, WI |
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 Earth Moon Venus Jupiter (2009)11.5” x 9” x .5” (16.5” x 14” framed) |
Original book ? |
SOLD - Private Collection, San Francisco, CA |  Machines (2009)11” x 8.5” x .625” (16” x 13.5” framed) |
Original book Life Science Library 1964 |
Available |  Black Beauty (2008)11.5” x 9.25” x 1.25” (16.5” x 14.25” framed) |
Original book “Moseman’s Illustrated Guide” by C S Moseman 1990 |
SOLD - Private Collection, Seattle, WA |
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 Fiend Folio (2008)11” x 8.5” x .75” (16” x 13.5” framed) |
Original book by Don Turnbull and Chris Baker 1981 |
Private Collection, Gurnee, IL |  Get Proper Treatment (2009)7.75” x 5.5” x .5” |
Original book “Red Cross First Aid Text Book for Bell System Employees” by Red Cross 1940 |
SOLD - UCLA, Louise M Darling Biomedical Library, Los Angeles, CA |  Rolling Paper Graphics (2009)8.75” x 7” x 1” |
Original book by Jose Lorente 2007 |
SOLD - Private Collection, Seattle, WA |
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 Gray's Anatomy (2008)8.75” x 11” x 1.5” |
Original book by Henry Gray 1974 |
SOLD - Private Collection, Boulder, CO |  Alchemist's Kitchen (2007)7" x 6" x 1/2" |
Original Book by Guy Ogilvy 2006 |
SOLD, Private Collection, New York, NY |  Age Of Enlightenment (2008)10.75” x 8.75” x .75” |
Original book by Peter Gay 1966 |
SOLD - Private Collection, New York, NY |
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 Drifter's Gold (2008)7.5” x 5” x .5” (11.5” x 9” framed) |
Original book by Don Blanding 1939 |
SOLD - Private Collection, Portland, OR |  Good News To Make You Happy (2008)6.25” x 4.25” x .5” |
Original book by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society 1976 |  Do You Want Whiskers? (2008)12.5” x 9.5” x 1” |
Original book “The Victorians: A World Built to Last” by George Mason and Nicholas Perry 1974 |
SOLD - Private Collection, New York, NY |
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 Closely Related Movements of Birds |  Prehistoric Life (2008)11” x 8.5” x 1” |
Original book ? |
SOLD - Private Collection, Seattle, WA |  The Equation (2007)5.25” x 8.25” x .625” |
Original book “The Great International Math on Keys Book” by Texas Instruments 1976 |
SOLD - Private collection, London, UK |
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 Old Mr. Boston (2007)7.5" x 4.5" x .5" |
Original book by Leo Cotton 1963 |
SOLD - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Golda Mier Library, Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI |  Guns |  Are Apelike Men Our Ancestors?(2007)6.25” x 4.25” x .5” |
Original book by Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society 1976 |
SOLD - University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Golda Mier Library, Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI |
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Each Book Excavation begins by cutting a hole in the cover of a book with a scalpel or x-acto blade. I cut my way through the pages selectively keeping fragments of images and words to create a composition using the content of the book as it emerges. In this way a sculptural relief emerges as I carve my way though the pages. The composition emerges intuitively. As I cut I consider both narrative and compositional dynamics to create a new vision of the book's content. I enjoy how these Excavations turn the linear format of a book into a flat window through which to observe many pages at once.