The imagery of J. Fiber crawls with violent and sexual energy, buffered by capricious drips, flowers, and doodles. The energy of the work comes from the engagement of masculine and feminine themes, and the confrontation that may arise in an interactive, shared drawing process. Forced Entry prominently features an invading male figure composed of tangles of linework and fields of color, reflecting the unique nature and hand of the two individual artists. Their work combines to form a unified whole, strengthened by the collaborative process of the team, and the cooperative nature of working at Dieu Donné.

An initial base sheet of blue, green, and orange was created using pigmented cotton pulp; a shaped deckle was dipped twice into the green and mauve pulp, and couched onto a blue sheet. Stenciled linen pulp paint was applied to the patterned base sheet using hand-cut mylar stencils, and the completed piece was pressed and dried. Lastly, a two color separation of black and burnt sienna was screenprinted by Haven Press Studio.

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