compounded manifestations

bookwork in progress

27Oct17

The french phrase, “nous sommes simplement de passage” translates into “we are only here for a moment’s time.” This bookwork of grief is a personal confrontation of a silent event, recognizing that the process of healing is communal.

Every book is coded, a system of signs to be decoded by its reader. It is the ghost limb of an author, but more importantly, it becomes an extension of the reader’s body and experience. As a book splays open, the reader is in between a passage, a silent private voice expressed in a public space.

I’m exploring the idea of a book, its anatomical components, variable forms, associations, functions, and adaptable framework for visuals and language. Books live between 2-d surface and 3-d object, serving multiple purposes: utilitarian, decorative, or as psychological entities. A book experience can evoke intimacy and vastness at the same time. One page or one word even, can open up new worlds. I’m interested in reimagining the bookwork to explore the temporal space of a page, and to transform the impermanent moment into enduring reverberation.

-Jaz Graf

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illumination of past & future

14Jun17

Place
Exhibition runs through 7/19/17. Reception 6/14/2017.

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Please join us for a free public reception on June 14, 2017 from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM at the Notre Dame Center for Arts & Culture located at 1045 West Washington Street, South Bend, IN 46601.

Place

This group exhibition focuses on the theme ‘Place’ and how the exhibiting artists react to their surroundings. This reaction can manifest in visual stories from tragic events, bring awareness to past and present situations, voice political moods, respond to how our surroundings are exponentially changing, or try to visually educate about environmental issues.

Featuring artists: Jasmine Graf, Heather Parrish, Justin Barfield, and Elena Smyrniotis – members of the Notre Dame Printmaking Department.

A public reception will be held on Wednesday, June 14 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibition will remain open to the public through July 19, 2017.

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another clay book!

28Mar17

(In progress) a ceramic book by Jaz Graf

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more books goin in the kiln

15Feb17

Clay and porcelain

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clay books, bisqued

12Feb17

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Next generation of Eviscera books…by Jaz Graf.

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handmade books

21Dec16

Book binding can be so meditative! So far, my favorite binding I’ve practiced is the french loop link with exposed spine.

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Exhibit @ AAHD Gallery

03Dec16

NEW FACES @ AAHD Gallery, University of Notre Dame

On view Dec 1, 2016 – Jan 16, 2017

Jaz Graf – Trophic Avulsions, 2016, Cyanotype accordion book with thread drawing, paper lithography and laser engraving on wood, Dimensions variable, closed: 6” x 8.5” x 1”