"WATER CALLING" is a collaborative artist book which explores the cyclical and omnipresent relationship of water and the self, inviting the reader to reflect upon water as more than a commodity, but rather as life giving: spirit, body and soul.

Prints from the book
"Water is a powerful force of nature, traveling many paths through our existence and often serving as a source for healing and renewal. I have lived alongside large bodies of water for most of my life; the ocean and the horizon have always been external spaces that not only influence my work as an artist, but consistently move me to places of profound thought and internal calm. For this book, I created artwork using the cyanotype process, image transfers and watercolors. The compositions throughout the work represent the deep connections we have to water, from the physical ways in which we perceive water, to the intellectual ways in which we attempt to understand, organize and control it. My hope is that the art initiates a visual journey that ultimately inspires respect for water’s delicate beauty and fierce power." --Deborah Sibony
"Water is a powerful force of nature, traveling many paths through our existence and often serving as a source for healing and renewal. I have lived alongside large bodies of water for most of my life; the ocean and the horizon have always been external spaces that not only influence my work as an artist, but consistently move me to places of profound thought and internal calm. For this book, I created artwork using the cyanotype process, image transfers and watercolors. The compositions throughout the work represent the deep connections we have to water, from the physical ways in which we perceive water, to the intellectual ways in which we attempt to understand, organize and control it. My hope is that the art initiates a visual journey that ultimately inspires respect for water’s delicate beauty and fierce power." --Deborah Sibony
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"Water, Calling" consists of text, water patterns, letterpress printing and binding by Camden M. Richards, cyanotype prints, image transfers and watercolors by Deborah Sibony, and a soundtrack by Anne Hege, housed in a custom box by John DeMerritt. The text throughout "Water, Calling" is a weaving of digitally printed scientific and historical facts with letterpress printed personal recollections and abstracted meditations on water. |
The artwork in "Water, Calling" is a series of cyanotype prints of original photographs, image transfers sourced from historical maps, and watercolor art, inspired by the artist’s relationship with various western bodies of water—wild and managed, urban and rural—and how these relationships and bodies of water have evolved, over time.
The music in "Water, Calling" is composed of water recordings, instrumentals and vocal incantations, providing an environmental soundscape upon which to absorb both word and image, thus immersing the reader in a full sensory experience. 6 x 30 inches, 96 pp, boxed. Edition 15. |