Grapple, 2016
graple n also grapelin, grapenel, graypnel…. Light anchor to moor small boats and fixed or stationary fishing gear; also attrib. (Dictionary of Newfoundland English)
It is at first the word that fathoms, innocent
of objects, to the sea bed bed rock rock bottom of meaning
which in this case is the thing that must retain
its capability to
grapple: that which fathoms, innocent of
objects to the object of
our verbs …
(from Variations on a Grapple, by Amanda Jernigan [Daubers Press, 2016])
Grapple is a series of 29 palladium prints, contact-printed from 8″ by 10″ negatives, on rag paper.