Artist Member
Love You More
Cyanotype, Van Dyke Brown, stoneware beads, Rives BFK
5 ¼ x 5 ¼” (closed)
Sunday Times
New York Sunday Times edition during COVID-19 lockdown, waxed linen
6 x 6 x 8” (closed)
The Rhythm of the Ocean and the Sky
Ink, colored pencil, bristol, copy paper, string
3 x 5 ½ x ¾” (closed)
Alyssa Laurel Ringler 
www.alyssalaurel.com
Instagram: @alyssalaurel_edited
BIO
Alyssa Laurel Ringler is an interdisciplinary artist with a focus in communication, action, and technology. For the last twelve years she has built her photography business, Crown in Kings Studio, documenting world leaders and corporate America at the New York Stock Exchange. There she has been observing the juxtaposition of human communication, the absence of disenfranchised voices from the conversation, and a rapidly expanding and integrated technological society. Whether it is through photography, book arts, or interactive digital design, Alyssa approaches each project as a communication equation that can be solved or at the very least, revealed. Her motivation is a creative counter to the decay of civility and kindness.
She received a BFA in Photography from the University of Colorado at Boulder and an MFA in Studio Art from the Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Alyssa spent the last twelve years in Brooklyn, New York and is currently based in Vermont with uninterrupted nature in lieu of city life.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
I have lived in tiny city apartments and identify as a compact human. In my artist practice I often ponder, “what can I fit in here?” I approach book arts as an extension of self, full of layers and possibilities. Like myself, they are made up of formal elements, emotions and actions and can be read and experienced differently by each person they encounter. They are pieces of conversations and an opportunity to tell part of a story that can perhaps never be finished but always added to, a tangible space for communication where both the artist and viewer feel empowered to participate.
My books are sculptural pieces that often encourage a tactile experience and understanding. The formal elements can be read as well as the book’s physical presence. I often work with paper, ink, and string, channeling the moon and ocean as they have always served as my own tool to read and understand the world. Peel back the layers, notice the imagery, and consider what it is made out of and what it can become.