Fractured Fathers.

Orlando, Florida:: Rachel Simmons / Benjamin D. Rinehart,, 2021.. Edition of 10. Folding container holding two flextangle rings and one pamphlet. Signed and numbered by the artists.Number of pages: Flextangle - 4 surfaces, pamphlets - 36 pages combined. Medium: collapsible box with archival pigment & pressure prints and vinyl labels; archival pigment printed flextangles and pamphlet book. Dimensions: container- 10" x 5.5" x 2.5" (closed), 15" x 18" (open) Flextangles- 4.5" x 4.5" x 2". Pamphlet- 10" x 5.5" x .1825" (closed), 10" x 11" x .1825" (open). Paper: Bristol 20 pt. and Mohawk Superfine Text soft white 28 lbs. Flextangle: Images, text, and vinyl labels printed on an archival Epson printer. Container & cover: Designs created using pressure printing with oil-based ink. Closure: Magnets. Project Statement: "Fractured Fathers is a collaborative artists book created by Benjamin D. Rinehart from Appleton, Wisconsin and Rachel Simmons from Orlando, Florida. The process began with a conversation between close friends about their complex relationships with their fathers, Jim and Terry. In the summer of 2020, during the firstt pandemic lockdown, they interviewed one another over video conferencing and transcribed the conversations. Their discoveries lead to the creation of two flextangles and a third collaborative book based on the transcripts. For the flextangles, they used photos of their fathers augmented through digital manipulation and pressure printing. Everything was finalized during an in-person studio session in Appleton a year later. Through this process they found kinship between their common experiences &parallels between their family relationships and themselves.