CLAMPED EIGHTS
2005

The Clamped Eights Series grew out of a series of formal/minimal pencil drawings combined with a series of engineered paper. They use shadow and eight sheets of printed, die cut drawings that are stacked and held by an aluminum clamp. Parts of Clamped Eights pop up, weave, flair out. The pieces are abstract, with the shadow as much a part of them as the paper and clamp. Variety is one goal of this controlled visual vocabulary. Sometimes the Clamped Eights are installed in groups and sometimes they are installed individually.

Madelin Coit
Tesuque, New Mexico
2006