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Books, bottles and bolls
I’m being silly of course…because I love an alliteration. I’m not growing cotton…flip the “b” and you’ll get the word for what you can see in my studio in addition to my art books and latest adventure into soldering onto old bottles. I’m having so much fun soldering! Thank you to Susan Stinsmuelen-Amend for teaching me my latest craze. Please visit me in my studio on July 11, OSA’s final second Saturday tour of the year.
It’s an Obsession
I love books! I love to make books, alter books, read books, and display books. Bookstores, libraries and neighborhood little libraries pulled me to them like a magnet. Displayed here are two of my older art books and two that I am currently working on. The new ones have pages that are torn, collaged with antique papers and images, and stamped and painted. Each page is a piece of art that is different from the next.
And what am I reading right now? “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder.
Dorte Bistrup: Five Layers of Tissue and a Man Named Alexander
My latest book creation is entitled “Book of Subscribers.” The subscribers were people from the early 19th century (1807 if I remember correctly) who paid (subscribed) to have a hefty book about the English Reformation published. . .
Dorte Bistrup: The Joy of Art (making)
Ingredients: Paints Papers Clay Wires Textiles Beads Rusty found objects Old books…the older the better Thread and yarn Gold leaf...
Dorte Bistrup: How Many are too Many Butterflies?
I have been creating paper butterflies for my piece entitled “Winged Visitors to the Garden” that will be exhibited at the Blackboard...
Dorte Bistrup: The Price of Art(dolls)
At a recent studio tour, a visitor commented on the price of my dolls. In a what was obviously a snide voice, she said “nice price for...
Dorte Bistrup: Bridging the Centuries
Once upon a time in the kingdom of Denmark, a grandfather gave his granddaughter some very, very old French books. Now, the books were a...
Dorte Bistrup: Busy Bees and Flying Dolls
I tried many times to grow one of my favorite plants in my former garden in the beach community of Cardiff by the Sea. And it wasn’t...
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