erica harris likes to make art.
I am drawn to:
anatomical charts, arabic newspapers, azbukas, abecedarios, asian pill packets, bingo dots, birdwatching guides, burmese grammar books, beeswax, broadsides, bakery string, braille, cancelled brazilian envelopes, carrier pigeon harnesses, cornerparts, connect-the-dot books, cyrillic letterforms, colored pencil, chinese notebooks, currency, candy wrappers, cardboard, doll arms, dried orangepeel, deeds, dress patterns, edging, elementary vocabulary, egg charts, eggshells, egg boxes, first aid manuals, flowered tablecloths, flashcards, french dictionaries, food packaging, gold leaf, global war maps, gravestone rubbings, gun diagrams, georgian dictionaries, gazetteers of nations, gameboards, gumsticks, housepaint, handwritten correspondences, handpainted signs, housecoat pockets, hindi stringpackets, hunting handbooks, indian postcards, ideas of hope, joss paper, laotian rice bags, lists of numbers, life magazines from the 40's & 50's, little wonder books, letterpressed ration cards, lowercase letters, matchbooks, montgomery ward catalogs, muskox likenesses, marblegame instructions, medicine labels, measuring devices, nepalese texts, nautical charts, old shoes, observation, obsolescence, piano parts, popular mechanics issues, pictures of small animals, polish, thai, and macedonian phrasebooks, paper masks, pin-up girls, piƱata sorpresas, pinkham persimmons crates, player-piano scrolls, photographs of water and houses, palau, quiz-me games of useful knowledge, question and answer boards, retablo pieces, ritual objects, rice paper, sheet music, slovenian grain sacks, soap labels, small pictures of all animals, shrinky-dinks, sewing machines, shrine debris, serbian directions, seed diagrams, script practice sheets, sewingbox contents, typewriter keys, trim, the immigrant experience, toy cars, toy planes, tables of contents, things that fly, things in need of mending, the power of translation, toy theaters, teacup handles, titles, vintage album covers, wallpaper, what i remember, x-rays, yugoslavian lessonplans, yarn, ink, glue, and other languages...
2010
Interview and article on my work in BOMB Magazine
Interview and article on my work in BOMB Magazine
Ditmas Park Craft Fair
Ditmas Park Craft Fair

A dozen local artists will be participating in this spendid event.
Sunday, December 12th from 11-5 at the Ditmas Workspace, 535 East 17th Street in Brooklyn.

New illustrations in ‘Metamorphosis’ by Milkweed Editions
New illustrations in 'Metamorphosis' by Milkweed Editions

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Bond St. Gallery in Brooklyn – group show opening Thursday, October 14
Bond St. Gallery in Brooklyn - group show opening Thursday, October 14

book cover illustration for Karen Joy Fowler
book cover illustration for Karen Joy Fowler

What I Didn’t See is the new collection of short stories from the author of The Jane Austen Book Club…

the hungry jungle alphabet
the hungry jungle alphabet

An illustrated children’s book, written by Howard Lewis Russell

Amoeba to Zebra Exhibit opens July 1st at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn
Amoeba to Zebra Exhibit opens July 1st at 440 Gallery in Brooklyn
2010 drawings & prints
2010 drawings & prints
cd cover illustration for The Walking Hellos
cd cover illustration for The Walking Hellos

cd cover illustration and website images for The Walking Hellos, which features Brooklyn neighbor Myla Goldberg.

2010 collage
2010 collage
solo soho show opens April 21st
solo soho show opens April 21st

NOW SEE HERE…………an exhibit of collages
at ISE Cultural Foundation
from April 21- May 21

varanasi, india
varanasi, india

I’ve just returned from six weeks in Varanasi, India.
I have some answers and I have some questions.
It was my great privilege to be able to work with some of the city’s most outstanding young artists.