Title Submerged
Artist / Creator Lisa Onstad
Press Name Bobolinkpress
Place of Publication Portland, OR
Publication Date 2013
Process / Technique Typewritten text
Image Process Hand-painted pages
Structure / Binding Flag book, housed in a clamshell box
Medium / Materials Acrylic paint, waterproof drawing ink
Paper Stock Hahnemuhle Burgra pastel paper, Rives BFK printmaking paper
Number of Pages 18 pages
Dimensions (WxHxD) 3.375 x 6.25 x .375 inches closed, 16 x 6.25 x 3 inches opened
Edition Size Variable edition of 3
Box / Wrapper Clamshell box
Signed & Numbered Yes

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In 1957 the Columbia river was dammed at Celilo Falls, inundating ten thousand years of native culture and a thriving river ecosystem. Submerged depicts this event with poignant text and hand-painted imagery by the artist. The physical structure of the book captures both the flow and stasis of Celilo Falls: the opening movement of the book mirrors cascading water and the static pages reference a dam wall. In combination, these elements illustrate the complex social and ecological impact dams have on individuals, communities and the environment. Submerged is housed in a hand-made clamshell box which includes a time line documenting the building of The Dalles Dam and flooding of Celilo Village.

Artist Bio

Lisa Onstad received a BA in Fine Art from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon in 1986, and a certificate in Book Arts from the College of Art and Craft in Portland, Oregon in 2001. Lisa has shown her work nationally, and her paintings and artist's books can be found in private and public collections in the U.S. and abroad, including the Yale University Special Collections, University of Washington, Seattle and the Atelier Vis-à-Vis, Marseille, France. Her artist's book, Aggregate Memory, a collaboration with Macy Chadwick, was included in 500 Handmade Books, Lark Press, 2008 and Book, Art Object, Oak Knoll Press, 2008.