Mica Knapp

Black and Green

slate, mixed media

9″ x 12″

2022

The initial impulse for “Black and Green” came from a desire to somehow put together old roofing slates and wool fiber that I’d spun. How would these two unlike media talk to one another? I was amazed to find what a wonderful surface slate was to work on. As I learned of its possibilities I was reminded of an artist friend who, when we were discussing how we chose media, said that in his experience favored media had to give back to the artist. For me, slate keeps giving and giving.