Jess Fijalkovich
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getting lost in my own little world experimenting with layers of pulp painting on translucent abaca paper, mother of pearl gel, and mica, among other things #pulppainting #handpapermaking #collageart
fun while it lasted ๐Ÿ
meditation on memory — personal, collective, & ancestral ใ€ฐ๏ธ made with glass, wood, dyed waxed linen, Polish & Czech beads
queer coded 002 ใ€ฐ๏ธ pulp painting & wet collage ใ€ฐ๏ธ swipe for collage detail
my first pulp paintings ใ€ฐ๏ธ made @wells_book_arts Summer Instituteโฃ โฃ I’m grateful for this opportunity to connect my practice and expressive hand papermaking techniques with generous support from the @artsnowoh & @ian_foundation Creative In
queer coded 001 ใ€ฐ๏ธ pulp painting & wet collage ใ€ฐ๏ธ swipe for details
Sharing some scenes from a weeklong hand papermaking and pulp painting workshop @wells_book_arts Summer Institute. I love that such a gloopy, sloppy, and grotesque process can settle into a soft and dreamy form. I’m slowly documenting all of th
I’m excited to share that I’m a 2023 Knight Art + Tech Expansion Fund grantee, with a focus on digitization and archiving. So much gratitude to @knightfdn for this opportunity to expand my practice! ๐Ÿฉท
Blueprint for a Temple by Francesca Woodman, 1980 ใ€ฐ๏ธ diazotype collage & artist’s sketches
๐ŸŒž๐ŸŒ›โœจโ˜„๏ธ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต opens this Friday @shakerhistory from 6 — 8 pm! Aligned with the total solar eclipse, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต explores the Shaker’s celestial inspiration, connecting
๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, 2024โฃโฃ โฃโฃ — Polish folk art inspired mobile made from my photo negatives on film and washi paper, vellum, metallic paper, and metal.โฃ โฃโฃ I'm so excited that this piece will be part of SUBTRACTICA @troppusprojects, an
I’ve been pairing my Shaker spirit drawing research with Spiritualism’s automatic drawings that were created shortly after the Era of Manifestations.โฃ โฃ These drawings were created in collaboration by artist Hilma af Klint and four women
last portrait reflecting on 2023 • none of us are free until all of us are free — FREE PALESTINE FREE THE CONGO FREE SUDAN FREE UKRAINE • bringing this dead star energy into the new year, who’s with me? ๐Ÿ’ซโœจ
I'm trying something new and connecting my ancestral traditions with the winter solstice ritual of making pajฤ…ki. Traditionally, these Polish mobiles are protective amulets for dispersing bad luck and warding off evil spirits during the harsh winter
๐‘จ ๐’”๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐’”๐’‰๐’†๐’†๐’• ๐’”๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’”๐’…๐’๐’Ž ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘จ๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’ . . . ๐‘ญ๐’๐’“ ๐‘ฉ๐’“๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฎ๐’Š๐’๐’†๐’” ๐‘จ๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’š, ๐‘น๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’Š๐’—๐’†๐’… ๐‘ฑ๐’‚๐’๐’–๐’‚๐’“๐’š 25๐’•๐’‰ 1843, ๐‘พ๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’†๐’ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’“๐’„๐’‰ 22๐’๐’…  184
โžฟโžฐ๐‘จ ๐‘บ๐’‚๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’… ๐‘บ๐’‰๐’†๐’†๐’•, ๐‘บ๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘ด๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“ ๐‘พ๐’Š๐’”๐’…๐’๐’Ž, ๐’ƒ๐’š ๐‘ฏ๐’†๐’“ ๐‘ฏ๐’๐’๐’š ๐‘จ๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐‘ด๐’‚๐’๐’š ๐‘บ๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’” ใ€ฐ๏ธ gift drawings channeled through Shaker “instruments” Mary Wicks and Semantha Fairbanks during
Practice as research ใ€ฐ๏ธ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด gift drawings created by Shaker “instruments” Mary Wicks and Semantha Fairbanks during The Era of Manifestations (1843)โฃ. โฃ โฃ โฃ #sacredsheets #giftdrawing #shaker #eraofmanifestations
face for the alg0rithm โฃ โฃ a continuation of collaged aura painting experiments ใ€ฐ๏ธ watercolor and photo booth portrait on canvas, 2.5 x 3.5 in.