“Recitations”

Multimodal etchings on copper plate by M. Yoho Dorsey, created between St. Petersburg, FL and Buffalo, NY (2022)

Print Publisher: Mirabo Press, Buffalo, NY

Drawing from the ritual language of funerary texts in the Book of the Dead, the symbolic structures of cartomancy, and the rhythmic geometry of Sashiko hand embroidery, Recitations weaves together systems of guidance, protection, and divination. Through layered etching processes on copper plate, the series explores how sacred texts, pattern-making traditions, and intuitive mark-making intersect as forms of remembrance and revelation.

The works operate as visual incantations—echoes of ancestral instructions, pathways, and protective thresholds—inviting viewers to consider how we navigate the spaces between loss, transformation, and the unknown.