After You
Gramma said the first time she ate spaghetti was also the first time she came to a Sunday family dinner. Grampa’s father had to teach the Slovak girl how to keep the noodles on her fork with the aid of her spoon.
Taken from the title of a Louis Prima song, After You is the story of how we attempt to retain our cultural heritage as we begin to create cultures of our own. The images, hand drawn and printed with Polymer Plates, visually instruct the reader on how to make Fiadunes, a little known, and possibly made up, family recipe. As the narrator creates these little ravioli-like dumplings, she reflects on her grandmother's life, a Slovak girl married into an Italian family.
Polymer Plate Letterpress and Hand Coloring, Spring 2007
7" x 10 1/4" (closed)
Edition of 18