Art as Witness Proposal:

The Texture of Queer and Trans Joy (working title)
Artist’s book

Cover (shown here for texture, material will be flat)

Materials samples, examples of pages:

CW: Wounds, blood

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Example of the hand-sewn bookbinding

Tiny bubble blower gifted to me by a then-stranger at Dyke Day LA who offered we need to reminders to breathe and we need more whimsy; now I share these with queer and trans folks; Included in artist book as evidence and documentation of queer and trans joy, and as experience of community care package

Example of eyelet bookbinding, to main integrity of holes in vinyl and materials with stretch

Textures of queerness:

examples of my own ongoing documentation of top surgery and complications (that are worth it for the euphoria, the joy, the bodily agency); I plan to invite others to contribute documentation of textures of their own queer and trans defiant joy, including textural evidence of their gender affirming care.

Screenprints of my wounds, new (2026), ongoing