RiTUAL. A ceremonial act ~ Rites used in the course of worship ~ The performance of ceremonial acts ~ The prescribed form of conducting the ceremony ~ A method of procedure that is followed without variation ~ performance with gestures, words, and objects, often in a sequestered place.

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Maryann Riker

Maryann Riker is a mixed-media artist whose collages and artist books convey a visual narrative of time and memory. They combine vintage images and papers that describe the roles of women, moments in time, historical events and spiritual journeys.  Her works are in many public and private collections.

Women's Health and Fashion Zines: Stuck Up, Padded, Well Heeled, Tight-Laced Women, Bobbed

Women's Health and Fashion Zines

These five one-sheet zines are a series dedicated to the history of women's makeup, fashion and it's sometimes torturous or deadly results.  Stuck Up is a zine on the history of the tampon as well as Padded a history of the menstrual pad.  Tight-Laced Women deals with the corseting of women to achieve ideal standards of beauty.  Well Heeled talks about Women's quest to a shaplier leg and Bobbed is the history of the short cut that defined the flapper and the modern woman.  They are enveloped in a pink organza bag.

$40
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In RiTUAL 2017

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Music for the Soul...    $20      

RiTUAL 2015 books by this artist

Artwork in Ritual Single-sheet book show (2013)

Ritual of Beauty by Maryann Riker Ritual of Beauty by Maryann Riker Ritual of Beauty by Maryann Riker
Ritual of Beauty         
Ritual of Letters by Maryann Riker Ritual of Letters by Maryann Riker
Ritual of Letters