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MAGGIE PUCKETT
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Born 1981, Long Beach, California, USA
Lives and works in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Through handmade paper, artist’s books, and environmental works my practice navigates our planet from atmosphere to core, examining ecological history and visualizing predictions of future global change. Read More
..................................................................................... UPCOMING & RECENT EVENTS

If All Else Fails...
Group Exhibition
May 31 - June 2, 2013
Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL

Speaker: "Still on Terra Firma?: The American Landscape in Contemporary Art."
February 2014
College Art Association 2014 Conference, Chicago, IL

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RECENT NEWS

"Artists’ Book by Maggie Puckett Purchased During Printed Matter Book Art Fair."
Kathleen Beste, InterArts & CBPA Newsfeed
March 22, 2013

"An Interview with Maggie Puckett."
Mirabelle Jones, The Book Art Blog
November 24, 2012

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Jungle Occupation The Scream of the Arctic The Scream of the Arctic

COMING SOON...

Jungle Occupation
2013
handmade paper

Jungle Occupation
is a collection of portraits and landscapes related to environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest and those who protest it.

WALL MAP

The Scream of the Arctic
2013
handmade paper (fibers: abaca, flax, cotton, wheat straw, linen, cattail seeds and reeds, desert agave; inclusions: soil, desert sand, beach sand, leaves, red and green marine algae, lobster shell, campfire charcoal; pigments), pva
70 x 93 x 1 inches (installed; composed of 9 panels each 22 x 30 inches)

ARTIST'S BOOK

Homeland
2013
30 different specimens of handmade paper (fibers: abaca, flax, cotton, wheat straw, linen, cattail seeds and reeds, desert agave; inclusions: soil, red and green marine algae, lobster shell, desert sand, beach sand, campfire charcoal; pigments), waxed linen thread, pva; ink-jet printed title page, diagram, and colophon 2013 7.5 x 50 x 2 inches (flat)

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Thaw anthropocene Future Under Climate Tyrrany

ARTIST'S BOOK

Thaw
2010 - Ongoing
handmade paper (cotton, flax, plant greens, pigment), thread, twigs

BODY OF WORK

ANTHROPOCENE
ANTHROPOCENE is an interdisciplinary body of work combining art and science to explore the complicated history and future of anthropogenic effects on the Earth’s systems. This project is partially supported by a grant from the Albert P. Weisman Award, a private trust affiliated with Columbia College Chicago.

WALL MAP

Future Under Climate Tyranny (F.U.C.T)
(A 4° C warmer world)

2011
handmade paper (abaca, cotton, flax, wheat straw, beach and desert sand, soil, marine plastic, dried anchovies, dried shrimp, feather boa seaweed, dried garden plants, vegetable seeds, pigment), pva, acrylic

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Fire to Fire Salty Soil Horizons

ARTIST'S BOOK

Fire to Fire: From the Big Bang to the Red Planet: A Timeline of the Earth’s Past, Present, and Future in Paper
2011
handmade paper (abaca, cotton, flax, linen, campfire charcoal, red and green marine algae, lobster shell, dried anchovies, roots, ants, shed snakeskin, feathers, pressed flowers, fur and leather, egg shells, vegetable seeds, ground cloves, litter, coarse desert sand, beach sand, pigment), commercial paper, thread, pva, ink

ARTIST'S BOOK

Salty: LICK THIS BOOK
2011
handmade papers (cotton, abaca, sea salt, table salt, pigment), thread, squid tentacles, pva

ARTIST'S BOOK

Soil Horizons
2011
handmade paper (abaca, cotton, flax, berries, plant greens, dead leaves, roots, soil, desert sand, pigment), thread, pva, hemp cords

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