Visual Poetry: Alumni & Current Student Artists
Layla Sepulveda
Bio:
Layla Sepulveda is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and is based in Stockton, California. She primarily works with acrylic paint, graphic design, and mix-media arts. She is currently a student studying Graphic Design at San Joaquin Delta College.
Artist Statement:
This style of flower fold book as well as both the technique of Suminagashi marbling and monoprinting was something that I got that chance to learn about while participating in a workshop class. This technique of creating a book was completely new to me, but I found it to be very interesting. It is such a simple process to create it yet, it is such a unique type of book. With many possibilities to how your pages unfold. The pages of this book are composed of monoprints, Suminagashi marbling, and collage pieces. Each of the pages are related to different lines of the poem.
Not. (2024)
Flower Fold Book
Origami paper, mulberry paper, collage, sumi ink and block printing ink
4”x 4” x 0.5" in (closed) / 8”x 8” in (open)
$50
Not. — by Erin Hanson
You are not your age,
Nor the size of clothes you wear,
You are not a weight,
Or the color of your hair.
You are not your name,
Or the dimples in your cheeks.
You are all the books you read,
And all the words you speak.
You are your croaky morning voice,
And the smiles you try to hide.
You're the sweetness in your laughter,
And every tear you’ve cried,
You’re the songs you sing so loudly,
When you know you’re all alone.
You’re the places that you’ve been to,
And the one that you call home.
You're the things that you believe in,
And the people whom you love.
You're the photos in your bedroom,
And the future you dream of.
You're made of so much beauty,
But it seems that you forgot,
When you decided that you were defined,
by all the things you’re not.
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