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Charles Traut - Senior Expo 2020 PrintMedia SAIC

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An Online Exhibition documenting work by senior students at SAIC in the Printmedia Capstone course, compiled during the COVID-19 quarantine as a replacement for the Senior Expo traditionally held on campus.

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in principio, 15 mixed fiber sheets (cotton, abaca, flax, kozo, wheatstraw, sisal) with natural inclusions and pigmented cotton pulp imaging, graphite, mica, metal flake, 30x40” ea. 2020. (Reverse side with suminagashi water marbling not shown.)

detail shots of: conjunctio, instutio, unitas

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SAIC BFA undergraduate exhibition 2020 - installed work

THE COLLECTION, mixed media and natural inks on paper, natural inks and watercolor on panel, handmade mixed fiber paper, handbound artist book, metalpoint and natural inks on panel. mounted with iron tacks on wood panels, shelves. inclusions of dried mushrooms, antique medical jar, hay. 8x8x4′ 2018-2020.

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boletus edulis, laser cut single sheet accordion book, inkjet and woodblock print on watercolor paper, 21x4" 2019. Edition 2 made for the Chicago Art Book Fair 2019. Acquired by the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection.

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book of shadows, 320 page handmade book w/ handmade paper, laser cut leather cover, and long stitch binding, ~10.5x12x2.5” 2019.

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plants, woodblock print on handmade paper, 4x4" 2019.

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pinkapocalypse: cute dream and a pinch of zine - a student organized group show

glessner house ・ may 3-5, 2019

on the wall: rituals, ritual 1 + 2 + 3. on the table: trutrans, zines, buttons, prints

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cumulative exhibited work from papermaking w/ andrea peterson, handmade mixed fiber sheets w/ colored pulp, plant + fungi inclusions, charcoal, varied sizes (largest 11x17″) 2019. oxbow.

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cumulative work from material + environmental collaborations w/ jeremy bolen and rachel niffenegger, mixed media, cyanotype, gum bichromate, van dyke printing, synthetic dye, natural dye on handmade and stock paper; sand and alginate cast plaster, 2019. oxbow.

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beets n’ snaps, woodblock print on paper, 23x30" 2019. included in the folio big red for oli watt’s spring 2019 relief course at SAIC.

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rituals, ink, gesso, and karat liqua on paper, 40x40” dia. 2019.

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study collection, handmade paper w/ colored pulp, plant inclusions, 11x17” each. Total of 38 sheets. 2019.

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trutrans, 16 page saddle stapled zine, 4.25x5.5” 2019.

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oxbow waxing, mixed fiber handmade paper circle, ~7″ dia 2019. sold at oxbow benefit auction.

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wasp papers, 5 mixed fiber handmade paper circles, with wasp inclusions, ~7″ dia 2019. oxbow.

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prayer, ink, gesso, and karat liqua on paper, ~41x41” 2019.

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the alchemical hermaphrodite (as seen by a trans person), mixed media on paper, ~42x42" 2018.