Kathy Felch is a high school teacher, printmaker, and humorist with over 40 years of cannabis consumption under her belt. She earned a BA in studio art in 2012 from the University of Maine and works from her home studio in Union, Maine, where she places an emphasis on upcycling. Felch utilizes not only fresh fan leaves as her medium but also other materials that have been overlooked for their after-market usefulness: Dictionary pages, sheet music, boat charts, and salvaged wood.
"My current series of prints are designed to elevate in the viewer's eyes both the beautiful plant once considered a weed and the recycled papers on which these colorful botanicals are printed. Adding lovely repurposed frames to the mix completes the euphoric experience for the viewer as I share my reverence for nature along with my firm-held desire to give discarded materials a brand new, meaningful life.” Kathy Felch, 2021
"Art is not what you see, it's what you make others see." -Edgar Degas
Discussed this week: Printmaking, upcycling, and being earth-conscious as a creator, the folly of High Schoolers, paper as a luxury, lack of exposure due to Covid, and hempy days being here again.
Find Kathy here:
Instagram: @pressed_4_time Website: https://kathyfelch.wixsite.com/mysite
