Patchwork Voices
- Hardcover
- Madison, WI: Blue Rose Press, 2023
Madison, WI: Blue Rose Press, 2023. Hardcover. Fine. Hardcover. A small open edition. An interview with 18 transgender people, recording their answers to the question: What was a defining moment of your transition? Each interviewee is also documented with a print of an original portrait of them drawn in ink and colored pencil by the book artist. This book was made at UW Madison. Bound in pink cloth boards with blue spine and white silkscreened title and gender symbol to front board. A drumleaf binding printed digitally with elements in color.
According to the artist: "My art is an exploration of emotion: my own, those of the people I am close to, and those of the communities I belong to. I use my books and prints to illuminate frequently underrepresented subjects. I explore the subtleties of how people think, feel, remember, or identify, drawing on major life changes that influence identity and ideas of the future. In navigating these subjects, I engage in a deeper form of self-expression. I represent my thoughts, my fears, the emotions that keep me up at night."
Emilee Taxman (b. 1997) is an artist and printmaker best known for their interactive letterpress printed books and broadsides. Their work explores major life changes that influence identity and ideas of the future, primarily through the lenses of mental illness and transgender experiences. Taxman has worked at Distinctive Bookbinding, Center for Book Arts, and San Francisco Center for the Book, and received the Hamilton Wayzgoose Academic Merit Scholarship in 2022. Their books are in library special collections across the country, including in Yale University’s Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library and the University of Iowa’s main library. They recently completed their first solo exhibition, “Bound,” exploring combinations of book art and installation. They have recently completed their M.F.A. in Studio Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Unpaginated. [38 pages.] ARTB/052124.
According to the artist: "My art is an exploration of emotion: my own, those of the people I am close to, and those of the communities I belong to. I use my books and prints to illuminate frequently underrepresented subjects. I explore the subtleties of how people think, feel, remember, or identify, drawing on major life changes that influence identity and ideas of the future. In navigating these subjects, I engage in a deeper form of self-expression. I represent my thoughts, my fears, the emotions that keep me up at night."
Emilee Taxman (b. 1997) is an artist and printmaker best known for their interactive letterpress printed books and broadsides. Their work explores major life changes that influence identity and ideas of the future, primarily through the lenses of mental illness and transgender experiences. Taxman has worked at Distinctive Bookbinding, Center for Book Arts, and San Francisco Center for the Book, and received the Hamilton Wayzgoose Academic Merit Scholarship in 2022. Their books are in library special collections across the country, including in Yale University’s Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library and the University of Iowa’s main library. They recently completed their first solo exhibition, “Bound,” exploring combinations of book art and installation. They have recently completed their M.F.A. in Studio Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Unpaginated. [38 pages.] ARTB/052124.