Drypoint Maps

Last weekend I took a workshop at Maud Morgan Arts on drypoint, a printmaking technique that involves etching lines directly onto a plate. I’ve never tried that kind of printmaking before — the only prints I’ve made have been with linoleum or woodblock, where gouges are made into the surface and the ink rests on […]

Modular Map Installation – Nighttime Display

We finally installed the modular map project yesterday afternoon, and it’s now on display for anyone who walks through Davis. It looked very minimal in the daylight, almost easy to miss, but at night the paper construction gets a little more interesting. Here’s some photos from last night: The installation will be on view only […]

Modular Map Installation – Progress

The display windows of the Davis Square CVS, which are prominently visible in the middle of the square, often house works by local artists or exhibitions relating to current events in the neighborhood. This month they will have a combination of both — an installation I’m putting together reflecting this year’s ArtBeat theme, “Migration”. I’m […]

Late June Garden

The strawberries have been few and far between, but still delicious:  Arugula flowers (they bolted way too quickly, but I thought the flowers were sort of pretty): Tomatillo flowers:  A strange weed has been cropping up everywhere this year — I don’t know where the seeds came in from, but the flowers are kind of […]

Interview with Babel/Salvage

I recently participated in an email interview with Babel/Salvage, a blog/small press/fledgling boutique in Seattle. Check it out if you ever wanted to hear me muse about what I do for pages and pages. The interview is currently at the top of their blog, but the permalink is here: http://babelsalvage.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/featured-artist-emily-garfield/

Recent Press Mentions

I just found out about two articles mentioning my work. One is an interview with the curator of the “Core & Mantle” exhibition in New York, for which I did an installation of pop-up city blocks. The article is here: http://whitehotmagazine.com/articles/on-core-mantle-8232-/2146 The other is an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer reviewing the exhibition “Nowhere: Selections […]