Dark Side of the Moon

 She was beautifully out of place.

Dark Side of the Moon

Cut & paste paper collage, 11x14, 2024

She understood with terrible clarity what was being asked of her. But there was nothing to be done.

Clarity, 2023

cut & paste collage, 4x6"

 

Guns Guns Guns Guns Guns Guns

Every month, approximately 70 women in the US are shot and killed by an intimate partner (Everytownresearch.org).  And every day, guns are used to threaten, coerce, control, wound, and kill American women: a woman is five times more likely to be murdered if her abuser has access to a gun (Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions).

A Death in Soho

("Some souls were heavy and hard to carry but hers weighed nothing more than fluttering wings and a whisper.")

cut & paste paper collage, 2014

Under Her Own Power

Under Her Own Power

Cut & paste paper collage (tissue paper, book scraps, thread, seed beads)

10.5 x 14" 2023

 

Cyanotypes

 Spent some time in North Carolina recently, at the John C. Campbell Folk School, learning the cyanotype process.  Great class, great teacher (Cindy Steiler).  Learned a lot and had much fun.  Also got Covid. Meh.

Cyanotype is a process in which you use the sun to create photographic images on specially-treated fabrics (or wood or glass or whatever) using "negatives" created from transparency sheets.  It's mad scientist territory -- stained aprons, long rubber gloves, chemicals and solutions.  Great fun.  You should stalk Cindy Steiler, find out where she's teaching her next class, and go there. Seriously.

Here's my first piece using some cyanotype panels I made out in North Carolina.  These panels are both negatives and positives of the same image created from an old photograph.  Some of the panels have been bleached and/or treated with tannic acid, and all of them are embellished with beading, old buttons, ribbons, lace, metal charms, embroidery and hand-cut letters.

sweetiehoneybabygirl

Six cyanotype panels 22"h x 25"w

I Had That Dream Again

I had that dream again.

Lynn Skordal 2022

Paper collage on antique print

 

When Women Could Fly

An allegory...or maybe it's a metaphor...or maybe it's just a collage.

When Women Could Fly

Cut & paste paper collage

Lynn Skordal 2022