Monica Lee
We Never Knew You, 2025
Handmade book
11" x 8.5"
An artist book with a cover collage featuring a black and white portrait photograph partially tucked into an envelope with only the eyes and forehead of the person visible. The envelope is layered onto dark printed paper and the whole collage is attached to a hand-stitched book made with brown textured paper and deckled edges
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Artist Statement After a long career as a film photographer I have returned to my first love of making things with my hands out of found objects. I am fortunate...
Artist Statement
After a long career as a film photographer I have returned to my first love of making things with my hands out of found objects. I am fortunate to teach creative Reuse workshops at Ruth's. Table, ScrapSF, The Exploratorium, San Francisco Center for the Book, Fabmo and other artistic venues. My motto is "Finding beauty and purpose in the discarded.”