essay by Jennie Lea Knight "Sculpture will always be my most comfortable media. I think like a sculptor. I like the tangible quality of sculpture. It is something that you can touch. It is not elusive. The basic tenants of sculpture are simple, dealing with the same problems that we have to deal with in our own bodies, balance, strength, weight, posture, size, and space. Sculpture is not an immediate process. It takes time. Every medium that you work with has it's own time. I have worked in almost every sculpture material. Wood has been my material for as long as I can remember. I have a freedom with wood, I can work as large or as small as I please. It is a warm material, a living material. The tempo of wood seems to suit me. The dialogue that I have with the piece of wood I am working with sustains me. It is enough. The prints I am making now give me access to images, thoughts, ideas, that I never thought possible. I made sculpture about the thoughts and principles. But the wonder of working with the images themselves I never dreamed possible. They certainly were not something I wanted to paint the vision I use when I draw did not apply either. I like to think about the prints as being a collection of disparate images brought together in such a way as to make a new statement. The source of these images comes from my recognition and my vision. My tools are digital cameras and slides and negatives I have taken over many years. I am free to let my eye wander, choosing images that please me. I may photograph the surface of my pond because I like the color produced by today's light. I may use only a part of this in a place where I need that color. Combining the images is a long process. Very subtle changes will make a great difference. Making one image a bit smaller and rotating it slightly, bluring an edge, changing the order of the images changes the space. It may be a matter of months before I can call the "collage" completed. Once that is done I proof them on a variety of papers, etching paper, Kochi paper, watercolor paper. The choice of paper will change the print dramatically. Some must be stronger and brighter for one paper and deeper and darker on another paper. For some prints there is only one paper that suits them best. All this must be decided before a final proof is pulled. Then I print each edition.