Dreamscapes Series: Cryptology Part 4

Dreamscapes Series: Cryptology Part 4 & Deeper look at Joshua Tree
Series of 5 books
Edition of 5
1999
Measures 6 x 8" closed 
False Accordion Binding with handmade overbeaten abaca paper with letterpress symbols and polariod transfer images tipped in 

This series of artist books employs systems of cryptography, mapping, and Polaroid image transfers to investigate the relationship between landscape, memory, and personal narrative. Rooted in the terrain of Joshua Tree National Park, the works chart the artist’s solo explorations through a synthesis of text, symbol, and image.

Developed during undergraduate studies in book arts, the project reflects an early inquiry into authorship and the confidence to construct and share one’s own stories. Influenced by the intricate cartographies and coded visual languages of Timothy Ely, the series merges an interest in mathematics and symbolic communication with the tactile and conceptual possibilities of the book form.

Each volume functions as both map and cipher—layering fragmented narratives, recurring motifs of travel, and metaphors of self-discovery. Through these interwoven elements, the work situates the artist’s internal landscape within the broader geography of the desert, revealing how the act of making can serve as a process of translation between place, language, and identity.