{"id":{"repo_id":"vcu","oai_identifier":"oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-2269"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/vcu/oai:scholarscompass.vcu.edu:etd-2269","repository":{"repo_id":"vcu","name":"Virginia Commonwealth University","base_url":"https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/do/oai/"},"display":{"title":"Journeys","abstract":"My art is about journeys, mapping, and layering. Two archetypal images in my work are the camel and the desert. Much of this imagery was inspired by my personal journey over the Sahara and into Western Africa. On another level, this journey connects to my metaphorical journey through life. As a printmaker, my art is very process oriented. Printmaking itself can be thought of as a kind of journey. My trip or the process is more important than the destination or the final result. Like the desert, my images are constantly shifting and transforming through the process of working. Printmaking with its alchemical overtones, layering, and unique surface qualities becomes a natural extension of my imagery.","abstract_html":"My art is about journeys, mapping, and layering. Two archetypal images in my work are the camel and the desert. Much of this imagery was inspired by my personal journey over the Sahara and into Western Africa. On another level, this journey connects to my metaphorical journey through life. As a printmaker, my art is very process oriented. Printmaking itself can be thought of as a kind of journey. My trip or the process is more important than the destination or the final result. Like the desert, my images are constantly shifting and transforming through the process of working. Printmaking with its alchemical overtones, layering, and unique surface qualities becomes a natural extension of my imagery.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Rohman, Diane"],"institution":null,"degree_name":"Master of Interdisciplinary Studies","degree_level":"Thesis","degree_discipline":"Interdisciplinary Studies","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Joseph H. Seipel"],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2006,"date_issued":"2006-01-01T08:00:00Z","date_published":"2006-01-01T08:00:00Z","updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:55:08Z","subjects":["oil","Sahara","collage","woodcut","lithograph","etching","Western Africa","digital print"],"languages":[],"rights":["© The Author"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1270"],"render_values":[{"text":"https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1270","href":"https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1270","code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"https://doi.org/10.25772/K26D-PA35","outbound_label":"DOI","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Joseph H. Seipel"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Rohman, Diane"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2014-07-09T07:00:00Z"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Interdisciplinary Studies"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["Master of Interdisciplinary Studies"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["oil","Sahara","collage","woodcut","lithograph","etching","Western Africa","digital print"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["© The Author"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["https://doi.org/10.25772/K26D-PA35","https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1270"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["My art is about journeys, mapping, and layering. Two archetypal images in my work are the camel and the desert. Much of this imagery was inspired by my personal journey over the Sahara and into Western Africa. On another level, this journey connects to my metaphorical journey through life. As a printmaker, my art is very process oriented. Printmaking itself can be thought of as a kind of journey. My trip or the process is more important than the destination or the final result. Like the desert, my images are constantly shifting and transforming through the process of working. Printmaking with its alchemical overtones, layering, and unique surface qualities becomes a natural extension of my imagery."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Journeys"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Joseph H. Seipel"],"dc:creator":["Rohman, Diane"],"dc:date.available":["2014-07-09T07:00:00Z"],"dc:description.abstract":["My art is about journeys, mapping, and layering. Two archetypal images in my work are the camel and the desert. Much of this imagery was inspired by my personal journey over the Sahara and into Western Africa. On another level, this journey connects to my metaphorical journey through life. As a printmaker, my art is very process oriented. Printmaking itself can be thought of as a kind of journey. My trip or the process is more important than the destination or the final result. Like the desert, my images are constantly shifting and transforming through the process of working. Printmaking with its alchemical overtones, layering, and unique surface qualities becomes a natural extension of my imagery."],"dc:identifier":["https://doi.org/10.25772/K26D-PA35","https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1270"],"dc:rights":["© The Author"],"dc:subject":["oil","Sahara","collage","woodcut","lithograph","etching","Western Africa","digital print"],"dc:title":["Journeys"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Interdisciplinary Studies"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_name":["Master of Interdisciplinary Studies"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-24T05:55:08Z"}