An Ideal Nowhere / Finding my Utopia.

Tuscaloosa, Alabama:: The Puzzled Press,, 2022.. Edition of 25. Two items - "In Dreamland" and "An Ideal Nowhere: Finding my Utopia" housed in a custom clamshell box. "In Dreamalnd" was letterpress printed on a Vandercook SP15 using plastic placematas and photopolymer. "Finding my Utopia" is printed and bound as a pahmphlet and includes both letterpress and inkjet printing. Signed and numbered by the artist on the colophon. The Puzzled Press: "An Ideal Nowhere is a collection of work that explores the relationship between personal experiences and utopian societies. It comprises two pieces - "Dreamland" and "An Ideal Nowhere: Finding My Utopia ". "In Dreamland" features text from Annie Denton Cridge's utopian fiction piece "Man's Rights; or, How Would You like It?" which was originally published in 1870. "An Ideal Nowhere: Finding My Utopia" is an essay on the connections between utopian literature and contemporary social issues, written by the artist.  Both works predominantly feature an image representing a segment of river that includes the Missouri Headwaters, where the Gallatin, Jefferson, and Madison rivers meet near Three Forks, Montana and mark the official start of the Missouri River.