Title: "Unsolicited Advice for the Queer Asian Girls Just Trying to Make It"

7x9" letterpress print on abaca with stitched hanji collage, signed by Arhm Choi Wild (poet) and Steph Rue (artist)

Printed in conjunction with the Jeong Project, a collaborative exchange portfolio organized by the Korean American Artist Collective. Printed in an edition of 50, this is a unique artist proof featuring words by poet Arhm Choi Wild. The poem was printed on a Vandercook SP-15 in Sacramento. The abaca paper was made by the artist in her backyard, and the tiny hanji collage that is stitched to the abaca paper was also made by the artist, in Korea.

Steph Rue is an artist working primarily with handmade paper and books as her medium. She fell in love with the papermaking process while getting her MFA at the University of Iowa Center for the Book. She went on to study traditional Korean bookbinding, papermaking, and printing in South Korea on a Fulbright Research Grant in 2015-2016.

Steph is one of the founders of the Korean American Artist Collective and a member of the Book/Print Artist/Scholar of Color Collective. She teaches workshops and classes on papermaking, bookmaking, and related arts, with an emphasis on East Asian techniques. When she is not teaching or with her two young kids, she makes, prints, binds, weaves, and collages with paper out of her home studio in Sacramento, CA.

This item was kindly donated by Steph Rue

Artist's Website: stephrue.com

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