The Franklin sisters are story tellers. They work with visual narratives that are obsessive and engaging. These siblings contrast the extremes of macro and micro that draws the viewer into their created worlds.

Eroyn has been concentrating mainly on comics for the past few years (most recently releasing her full color comic Detained with the help of 4Culture and Artist Trust)  She is showing intricate cut silhouettes from her Xeric-award-winning graphic novel Another Glorious Day at the Nothing Factory. These cuts are a rumination on moments, trying to feel out their importance or insignificance or squishy place in between. The full book and more work can be seen at eroynfranklin.com hard bound books with screen printed covers will also be in attendance.

Tory has returned to Seattle after a 5 year sojourn to the east coast studying print and paper installation and is concentrating on large scale adaptations of classic fairy-tales.  The monumental 27’ x 34’ wall piece is an exploration and examination of the well known Sleeping Beauty story and our collective memory of it. This drawing will be built in 4 days from cut vinyl, screen printed vines, steel tresses, 100 painted portraits and a human scale puppet.  It is a gigantic romp through the briar patch separating the slumbering Beauty from her prince.  More work can be seen at toryfranklin.com

Both Sisters work with a wide variety of media and have shown extensively in the Seattle area, including exhibitions at Gallery 4Culture (Tory in 2006, Eroyn in 2010).  They were the founders of the now defunct arts organizations SS Marie Antoinette and Sublevlethree.  Eroyn is a co-founder of the first annual Short Run Press Fest -a zine, comic, and print extravaganza to take place at VERA in November.  Eroyn received her BFA in Photography from the University of Washington.  Tory was in the last class of Cornish College of the Arts 5 year BFA Program and acquired a MFA from Rutgers University.  During her absence she interned at Singapore Tyler Print Institute and The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia.