Trellis by Amanda Thackray
Trellis by Amanda Thackray
Trellis is inspired by the complex, often hand-built trellises of the community garden in the backyard of Guttenberg Arts. Garden members range from former artists-in-residence, printmakers who frequent the printshop, community members, and a local 4 H youth group. The structures depicted in the book are drawn from imagery compiled during gardening years 2017 through 2021. The book is hand printed using stone and photo plate lithography with letterpress titles and a drumleaf binding.
Amanda Thackray is a multidisciplinary artist and educator, based in Newark, NJ, whose practice sits at the intersection of craft, sculpture, and environmentally-based social practice. Thackray’s projects have been exhibited at The Newark Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Montclair Art Museum, The NARS Foundation, and The Knockdown Center. She is the recipient of Newark Creative Catalyst Fund Artist Fellowship in 2020 and 2021, and a Puffin Foundation Grant in 2021. She has been awarded numerous residencies including The Arctic Circle in Svalbard, Norway, and artist-in-residence at the Museum of Art and Design in NYC. Her work is in over a dozen public collections including The Watson Library at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, Mediatheque Andre Malraux, France, Yale University, and The Library of Congress. She teaches printmaking at SUNY Purchase and Rutgers University. Thackray earned her MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and her BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.
