Myth of Creation portfolio
This portfolio is a collaboration between the Artist Proof Studio (APS) in Johannesburg, South Africa, Rutgers Center For Innovative Print and Paper (RCIPP) at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA, and Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts (CSIA) on the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon, USA. It explores the universal theme of Creation through words and images and celebrates a common bond between peoples of the world. Five San artists from the Kalahari Desert region in Botswana were invited to APS to tell their Creation stories and to then make lithographic images based on these myths. Simultaneously, five Native American artists, from different Tribal affiliations, were invited to do the same at CSIA. Cornhusk and cotton rag paper for the screen-printed text pages was made at APS and the title page was printed at RCIPP. Containers for the suites of prints were made by each of the three workshops. The edition size of the portfolio is 50. The complete portfolio, consisting of 10 images and six stories, sells for $2,000.