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Student Narrative
I seek to consider pattern as a way of reading the world around us. Pattern establishes a visual narrative that we can see in nature, philosophy and medicine. It elicits psychophysiological effects, seen through the activation of sensory-motor, emotion and reward centers of the brain. Extending my drawing practice through ink, I have layered sequences searching to evoke the concept of rasa – a state of total absorption and emotional resonance. In joining this understanding of pattern in the form of a book, it presents the viewer who reads the work with an opportunity to experience pattern visually, spatially and temporally navigating from page to page. In this sense, this publication become a story board for the evolution of pattern.
Publication Date
Fall 10-1-2025
Description
Entry for the 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, 1st Floor Main Reading Room. Juror: Gabrielle Reed.
Keywords
artists' books; Baker & Whitehill
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Graduate student
Year of Graduation
2027
Major
Printmaking
Materials + Techniques
Ink on Handmade Paper
Photo Credit
Sabrina Love, FAV 27
Recommended Citation
Jkanji, Jessie; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Monsters Ink. Chapter 3" (2025). 12th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2026. 21.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest12th2026/21