Books
These handmade and altered books are made using various techniques and materials, such as paper pulp, tea dye, fermented persimmon juice (Kakishibu), sewing, cutting, eco-dying, and burning. Some of the altered books contain poems or poem fragments and pieces of photographs.
What Redress
Altered book
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
What Redress (side view)
Altered book, string, gouache, wood
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
What Redress (detail)
Altered book, string, gouache, wood
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
On wooden stand: 4 x 9 x 9 inches, 2017
Altered Board Books
In the Dark
Altered book, wire, snippets of text, paint
3 x 3 x .75 inches, 2014
3 x 3 x .75 inches, 2014
In The Dark (detail)
Altered book, wire, snippets of text, paint
3 x 3 x .75 inches, 2014
3 x 3 x .75 inches, 2014
D_Benioff_Friedman_30_Inquiry_6
D_Benioff_Friedman_30_Inquiry_6
Archaic(dt)_Deborah_Benioff_Friedman
Archaic(dt)_Deborah_Benioff_Friedman
Friedman_Deborah_Benioff_What_I_Know_sm
Friedman_Deborah_Benioff_What_I_Know_sm
Envisage_Deborah_Benioff_Friedman
Envisage_Deborah_Benioff_Friedman
FRITILLARY (dt) 2015 (sm)
FRITILLARY (dt) 2015 (sm)
Law of Salvage
Mulberry paper, string, gauze
40 x 63 x 3 inches, 2017
22_D_Benioff_Friedman_Lyric
03Friedman_Deborah_Benioff_Revelation
Brunt
Wire, rebar, abaca paper pulp
11 x 24 x 13 inches, 2021
09_D_Benioff_Friedman_Salt_Sea_Cache
09_D_Benioff_Friedman_Salt_Sea_Cache
39D+Benioff+Friedman.Plaything
39D+Benioff+Friedman.Plaything
squarespace_accent
squarespace_accent
Original Story
Wire, paper pulp
4 x 8 x 6 in, 2021
Out of the Muskeg - 2
Wire, paper pulp
4 x 16 x 7 in, 2020