Chacaltaya, 2011
Handmade linen paper, relief prints, hand cutting, digital printing, artist made clam shell box
Through paper cutting, Chacaltaya documents the disappearance of Bolivia’s Chacaltaya glacier, from its size measured in 1940, to when it vanished completely due to global warming in 2009, a few years prior to the prediction of its disappearance. It stresses South America’s need for fresh water, which for many people comes only from glacial runoff during a portion of the year. The cut paper creates a emptiness in the book, echoing the void in the Andes where once there was a source of fresh water.
Text is printed in Book Antigua, on a separate colophon page. Frontal text is in Spanish, with translation and description in English on the reverse. Edition of five.
