Play with me at Skin Contact Press

My publishing press and playground—for fun, for loss, for love. Next piece coming fall 2025.

In my art practice, I explore language—its form and meaning, bounty and limitations. (And the usual themes: love and loss, war and peace, faith and unbelief.) I primarily work in poetry, printmaking and Chinese calligraphy. 

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Friendship (Vicky's Version)
Gold leaf on paper • Jan 2025

• My riff on Agnes Martin's Friendship (1963)
• Burnt red base coat, adhesive, fussy gold leaf!!, sealant
• 7x14 etched grids, scaled up for larger editions
• Limited edition of 35 pieces

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Good Arson 
Zine • Oct 2024

• Glitters with self respect
• 12 x 18 inch print, folded into an 8-page booklet
• Gold water-based screenprinting ink 
• Double sided black art paper, 135 lb
• First edition of 50 handmade copies
• Printed at Gowanus Print Lab by Todd Allen Rutledge

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1st baby zine
Zine • Feb 2024

• Contains baby's first good poem
• Black ink with golden powder suspension on rice paper
• Limited edition of 85 copies
• Mailed across the US, UK, HK, Germany, Brazil

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LonelyNY Shirts
Apparel • Sept 2023

• Screenprinted shirts for the lonely boys and girls
• Limited edition of 19 shirts
• Printed at Gowanus Print Lab with Todd Allen Rutledge

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Franks Wine Bar Prints
Screenprint on paper • Aug 2023

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• Limited edition of 68 prints, across CMYK combos
• Printed at Gowanus Print Lab with Todd Allen Rutledge

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