Books… illustrated, sculptural, written, and bound artist books from Crystal Hartman Frank

All Beings Everywhere Happy and Free

Copper, paper, paper pulp, pencil with handmade box: copper and handmade paper

Crystal Hartman, 2023

On Left:

In Illinoise

botanical pigment, copper, paper, thread, watercolor, 2023

On Right:

In Illinois with Warmth (installation shot at Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago

Right and Above:

A Precarious Balance

cochineal dye, copper nails, paper, thread, wood, (right) installed at Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, On a Sheet of Ice, a Flower, 2023

The Desert

handbound book: paper collected through multiple generations of women

Fur

alpaca roving, handmade box: paper, thread

2021

Coming Soon:

Prosperity Fish, 2023

The Desert, 2021

Valentine, 2021

Bouquet, 2020

Resistance + a girl, 2017

Sea and Bones, 2016