A small sample of some more scanner bed collages that I made for a digital printmaking class. My task was to make a book of at least 20 pages with any content I saw fit and publish it through a company called blurb.com. Since I was pleased with the scanner bed images I made before and also the process of making them, I decided to use the same process with these. The theme I chose for my book was "geology in outcrop form." Prior to making these I had gone out to the Valley and Ridge and took a ton of pictures of various outcrops of varying degrees of deformation. I noticed that what thrills me most about the outcrops was not the type of rock it was or how old it was but rather the shape, color, and texture of the beds - their formal qualities. And while these pieces don't exactly mimic any particular outcrop, I hope to the viewer they reveal some of the attributes that one might find while exploring roadside geology. In a few weeks I'll have the book, titled "Outcrops", and if it passes inspection, then I'll post a link for those who might want to purchase it. This coffe table book is 8x10 inches and will feature 20 of these collaged abstractions.