Sleep / Swim Book

  During a year spent working with children at an international kindergarten in Maebashi, Japan, artist Linden Eller developed a curiosity of “childhood amnesia,” which explains that most adults’ first memory is between the ages of 3 - 4, oftentimes even later. In response, a new series began by recreating collaged versions of drawings by the children, who ranged in age from 2 to 6 years old. This project is a reflection on what is lost, kept, altered, and shared during the first years of life. This collection was originally exhibited in March 2018 at Maebashi Works Gallery in Maebashi, Japan, and later at Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg, Oregon in May 2019. 60 pages 6 x 9 inches Softcover Printed in USA, 2019  

  Tender :  Collages 2013 - 2017 : These pieces were made during Linden’s five year nomadic season. She traveled with paper, a small pouch of fragments, a gluestick, a needle and cotton thread. Places she unpacked long enough to create in: France, India, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, Japan, and Morocco. 120 pages 6 x 9 inches Softcover Printed in USA, 2019