Kaysha Siemens

“This piece is graphite on a vintage date-due card from a library book. I imagine the mermaid herself is an underwater naturalist, curious about the watery world around her. I love making these tiny works of art on these old cards, how the card lends the art an intriguing context, and the art in turn elevates the card from ephemera to artifact. Since libraries have all converted to digital systems, these cards are a finite resource, so every piece I create on one of them feels like an irreplaceable little treasure.”