Author: Mari

Mari

  • Book cover says: Let Love Lead You To Rebellion a coloring book by Mari MIller. It's in black and white so it can be colored in and features stamps of a raccoon, pigeon, flowers, worms, and insects

    Let Love Lead You to Rebellion Coloring Book

    Find out how I made “Let Love Lead You to Rebellion,” a decolonial coloring book

  • Black Walnut Tree Studies

    For the next year+ I’m studying the black walnut trees on my street in an effort to build a better relationship with the non-human world around me. Why I’ve foraged nuts from these trees for a few years and want to enter into a more reciprocal relationship with them, which I’ll talk about more in…

  • a sky blue ceramic cyanotype of a stem of rue, sitting on top of filter paper that's been made into a cyanotype using the same plant, but the paper is dark to light blue

    Ceramic Experiments

    I’ve been taking a ceramics class at my local park district, and after months of waiting, I finally got my bisque fired pieces back yesterday. So I made one of them into a cyanotype and another into a chromatogram. Cyanotype Ceramics When making cyanotypes on filter paper, I heavily dilute the chemicals. That’s because the…

  • a pulled back view of four, narrow cyanotype banners running across a ceiling. Each is a different shade of blue

    Translucent Cyanotypes

    I recently tried a new-to-me filter paper with the hope that I could use it to make translucent chromatograms that don’t need to be mounted. It’s showing limited success with chromatograms but has been fantastic for cyanotypes. Its translucency means that I can fold up the paper, place a digital negative on top of it,…

  • roasted cauliflower and garlic, sprinkled with ground pepper

    Garlic Roasted Cauliflower

    Cook garlic roasted cauliflower. Recipes comes with notes on varying the ratio of garlic and advice on ways to cook it quicker.

  • Cyanotype x Chromatogram Progress

    Last year, I worked out how to combine cyanotypes with soil chromatography. The deep browns and vibrant blues mix so well together, like the earth, and the water, and the sky. There is so much I want to develop with these combined processes. It’s my main goal for experimentation this year- finding different ways to…

  • Pothi Books for Chromatograms

    For just over two years, I’ve worked to bring soil chromatography from a lesser known soil science test used to make small scale prints to a more expansive creative technique. For every experiment and art print I made, I made a corresponding print using standard soil chromatography protocols.  Each of these prints is a way…

  • The Land Loves Us

    I am so thankful to have had my show, Mari Miller: The Land Loves Us, up during both my birthday and Lunar New Year. Now that it has been de-installed, here’s a walkthrough of the exhibition for those who couldn’t make it. And for visitors who came on a day when my exhibition pamphlets were…

  • four people hanging off of and between two ladders after hanging prints in a gallery

    Installing The Land Loves Us

    I’ve mostly created 3D work over the years, so I was intimidated at the thought of hanging over 30 prints, not to mention the +20ft banners. Thankfully, the curator, Larry Lee, is exceptionally skilled at installing shows and hanging flat work. My oldest friend, Betsy Zacsek, also has a lot of experience installing shows. Between…

  • promo banner images with cut outs of a chromatography print. Text says: Mari Miller The Land Loves Us, Chinese American Museum of Chicago 238 W 23rd St, 4th FI Chicago, IL, 60616, January 7 - February 18 Reception January 7, 2-5pm, Spotlight Series curated by Larry Lee

    Announcing: The Land Loves Us

    I am so proud to announce that my chromatography work is currently on display at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago. The show, Mari Miller: The Land Loves Us, runs from January 7th-February 18th, 2024 as part of the museum’s Spotlight Series of Chinese American artists, curated by Larry Lee of Molar Productions. Radical love…