Family Portraits no.’s 1,2,3 along with two other works from my Kinship series are off the New Hampshire this week for a Midcoast Maine Book Arts group show at the Jaffrey Civic Center in Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
The opening for the show, Hello Neighbor, is on Friday, June 12, from 5-7 pm if you happen to be close by.
https://www.midcoastmainebookarts.org
#midcoastmainebookarts #kinshipseries #karenolsonphotography
These days I keep asking myself quieter questions.
Have I made time for play today?
Have I sat still long enough to notice something alive around me?
Have I done nothing, even briefly?
Have I nourished myself with delight rather than only productivity?
#creativeprocess #stillness #coherenceseries #karenolsonphotography
Gesture of Reaching
Wall sculpture_ Artist made abaca paper with Himalayan Balsam Lace paper inclusion, pigment print on kozo paper, bees wax, linen thread
#coherenceseries #karenolsonphotography #papersculpture #photoasobject
New Substack post up.
Structure and Sustainability - Neurodiversity, creative practice, and the search for sustainability
#creativeprocess #neurodiversity www.stories.karenolsonphotography.com
Quiet Consolidation
Artist made abaca paper with gampi inclusions, pigment print on Kozo paper, beeswax, fire
#coherenceseries #karenolsonphotography
Integration
Artist made abaca paper with Himalayan Balsam Lace paper inclusion, pigment print on kozo paper, bees wax, linen thread
#coherenceseries #karenolsonphotography
On my work table today.
#creativeprocess
After quite a long period of recovery, travel, research, and experimentation, a new project has begun!
I have a title and a beginning. I am so excited!! This is the first of new, experimental papers forming the base of the project.
I incorporated my artist made Himalayan Balsom lace paper together with abaca paper. Really loving the resulting texture and minimal color palette.
#coherenceseries #karenolsonphotography
New Substack article available. “Where Connection Lives – Fascia, sensing, and the body as a network of relationships.
Is fascia involved in how we perceive our place in the world? Does it play a role in our felt sense of safety, connection, or belonging?
Join the conversation at www.stories.karenolsonphotography.com
#humannatureconnection #foresttherapy #substack#karenolsonphotography
I am delighted to announce that two of my sculptures are included in IAPMA’s Paper Art Biennale - Impressions of Nature: Paper as Memory - at Art Centre Silkebrog Bad in Denmark. The exhibition runs until May 25th. Artworks from over one hundred artists from around the world are represented in this exciting group exhibition.
“Deep Awareness” and “Interbeing.”
Artist made Himalayan balsam lace, pigment prints on hanji paper, binders wheat paste, beeswax, linen cord.
@iapma @silkeborgbad
Listening Path
Photo transfer on artist made cattail paper
View of the rain forest from the hanging bridges at Mistico Park. My favorite activity of the trip. And a rare shot of Arenal Volcano with almost no clouds at the top. Almost time to head home. Certainly has been a beautiful stay in Costa Rica.
Scenes from Corcovado National Park. This might be the most remote place I have ever visited. Arrived by high speed boat, a 90 minute journey. Waded through the ocean waves to board the boat. We then enjoyed a 2.5 hour walk on a trail near the ocean. (Weather prevented us from going in deeper.) When we arrived, the landscape was in full rainforest mode. A heavy downpour gave way to light rain and then sun. It felt so good to be a part of this amazingly diverse protected area, even for a short time. Our guide gladly shared his knowledge and insight walking slowly along the trail. Perfect!
Nervous system reset. Dawn in the Costa Rican jungle.
Cicadas are awake!
Between Touch and Time
Photo transfer on artist dyed kitikata paper.
Time for a hello and a thank you. I truly appreciate your presence and kind attention and willingness to interact and create a sense of community here.
Also a little update about the retreat with @italianatours
A resonance emerges instantly from the wild world. It is a homecoming—an exchange buried deep in our cells. We recognize it at once, as we know and are known.
New Substack post is live!
https://www.stories.karenolsonphotography.com/p/resonance
#foresttherapy #humannatureconnection #creativeprocess #karenolsonphotography
“Will you choose to see the beauty? What will you make of it?”
Chelsea Putnam
I am so excited to be teaching my masterclass “Forest, Field, Imprint” on the Paper Lab platform this Thursday, February 19, 12 pm EST.
The spots I had available have already been taken but if you are a paid member of my Substack community, “Rivers Speak in Voltage” you will receive a link to the recording.
www.stories.karenolsonphotography.coom
There is also still a chance to join the Paper Lab year long program. It’s a really dynamic space for those who would like to increase their knowledge in papermaking and related techniques. Membership gives you access to my class and many others.
@paper.lab.berlin
Not all things that hold us together are visible or tangible. Sometimes you just know there is a strong connection, a spark, a light that illuminates the bond that ties two beings together.
By tending relationships with other species, we thrive, and remember what it is like to feel alive.
