Lisa Olson

Belmont, Massachusetts

She Looks Upon the Part of Her that Left

Artist Book

Accordion structure with intaglio prints on mixed papers. Housed in a brown clamshell box with a print and letterpress title on front board. Artist's response to Ovid's Metamorphoses, using abstracted bird imagery as metaphor for fleeting action and impermanence.
5-1/2 x 7 x 2"

LISA OLSEN is an artist with a background in mixed media sculpture. In recent years, an interest in writing led her to the book arts. Now the main focus of her studio work, she has embraced all aspects of the book art process, including the writing, design, materials, printing and construction of the book.