Residencies / 2016-2022 > Monson Arts / Monson, ME / 2021

Turmeric produces an unrivaled yellow ink, luminous and seductive as liquid sunshine, but the pigment is fugitive: over time, when exposed to environmental conditions the color may change, lighten or even almost disappear. I chose six luminous, but largely forgotten, American women to overlay the pigment with lightfast pencil drawings. As the color fades the drawings become more pronounced.

I fixed the fugitive transience of these drawings in a zine.
It that can be purchased here:
https://alisonpebworth.com/section/452041-Printed-Matter.html