Portland OR: Scantron Press, 2021. Hardcover. Number 15 of 32 copies signed by the artist. There was also an 8 copy sculptural three-dimension mountain edition with the fine printed book beneath the mountain, and 250 digital copies. Diane Jacobs writes: "Owed to The Mountain cultivates a powerful story that inspires knowing a place deeply, sharing Indigenous wisdom, and building a community that turns its love for a mountain into action. Mt. Hood has the 6th largest carbon stores of all National Forests in the country! By galvanizing a movement that advocates for the US Forest Service management plan to be updated, Mt Hood can be celebrated and treated as a living ecosystem and increase its climate resilience. Through this project’s research, interviews, and by spending time on the mountain, I understand how important it is that we protect clean drinking water, promote wildlife habitat restoration, support forest maturation, and prioritize the vision and cultural traditions of Native communities, including the practice of controlled burns. We owe it to the Mountain." She continues: "Etchings of animal ink drawings in various colorful ecosystems and habitats appear among the text, documenting the changing seasons. The stories weave multiple Native voices that underscore the value of friendship, reciprocity, interdependence, and cooperation." Born in Southern California, Diane grew up surf fishing, creating potions, and drawing incessantly. At age 12, she and her family traveled to Japan, planting the seed for a lifelong interest in cross-cultural understanding. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Santa Cruz, she discovered her deep connection to forests, feminist thinking, and social justice—her work continues to be informed by the cross-pollination of these elements. She received her MFA in printmaking from San Francisco State University in 1996. After finishing her degree, she was awarded a James D. Phelan Award in printmaking (1997) and a Kala Art Institute Fellowship (1997). In 1999, she was granted a Women’s Studio Workshop Artist Book Residency. In 2000, Jacobs received a prestigious Artadia award. Since moving to Portland, OR in 2002 Jacobs has received numerous awards, grants, and residencies . Her prints, sculptural work, and artist books are in The Portland Art Museum, The Getty Research Institute Library, SFMOMA, the De Young Fine Arts Museum, The New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, Savannah College of Art and Design, University of Alberta, University of Chicago Library, University of Miami, Yale, Stanford, and Reed College among others. The materials and printmaking techniques for this fine press edition include: solar etching plates developed from the artist's Sumi ink animal drawings. End sheets were made ecoprinting plants found on Mr. Hood. The animal etchings, the centerfold monoprint, and the green/blue silkscreen printed book cloth were printed at Atelier Meridian. Backgrounds were created by pressure printing and reduction woodcuts; the stories were handset in Weiss type and letterpress printed at the artist's studio. Book pages are Zerkall paper, end pages are Rives lightweight, and the beaver and river otter etchings were printed on mulberry paper and adhered to the inside covers [from the colophon]. The book is enclosed in a green paper portfolio with a light green title label to the cover. A stunning achievement in fine condition. Measures 13.5 x 13 x .25 inches closed. Unpaginated [ 36 pages] ARTB/030923. Fine. More
