Claire kessler-Bradner

Claire is a second-generation San Francisco printmaker. Growing up in the culture of the print shop, she developed a love of process and problem-solving, seductive materials, equipment and tools, and the camaraderie of making art together. These early interests have translated into three interrelated branches of her practice: a socially engaged inquiry into human connections in shared space, a studio practice where printmaking, bookmaking, drawing and sculptural techniques meet this narrative social content, and a teaching practice designed to engage a new generation in the materiality and the diverse visual languages of art. Claire has a masters degree from the California College of the Arts.

Noe Valley, 2010

This narrative library of 21 stories is a story project that Kessler-Bradner put together in conjunction with her master's work at the California College of the Arts. Each book is a story and images from people directly associated with the artist in the neighborhood where she grew up. Though specific to the artist herself, they have resonance to everyone who grew up in a neighborhood. Each house its own story, its ups and downs - a life, all organized into houses and addresses.

All 21 stories and bookcase
$4500

Individual story books
$250