D Snow Studio
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Art Books and Collages
THE MIXED MEDIA "NARRATIVE COLLAGES" ARE MADE FROM TRADITIONAL COLLAGE MATERIALS: PAPER, GLUE, AND PAINT. SOME ARE SEWING MACHINE STITCHED, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF THE ART BOOK PAGES. A FEW OF THE BOOK COVERS AND BOXES ARE MADE FROM RECYCLED OR RE-PURPOSED WOOD AND BOOK BOARDS. ONE IS A GOODWILL RE-PURPOSED BOOK TRANSFORMED.
BEYOND THE TEXTURAL MATERIALS SUCH AS HANDMADE PAPERS AND FABRICS, OTHER VISUAL MATERIALS MIGHT INCLUDE MY OWN DISCARDED LITHOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS. I ALSO SCOUR OLD BOOKS AND RE-ASSEMBLE VARIOUS EXTRACTED PARTS INTO NEW IMAGES. ONCE FORMED, THEY ARE THEN PARTIALLY OVERPAINTED WITH ACRYLICS. MOST OF THE COLLAGES HAVE A MINI-MYTH OR STORY, USUALLY TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, AND FREQUENTLY A TINY BIT PREPOSTEROUS.
EACH ART BOOK IS SEPARATE FROM THE SOLO COLLAGES AND IS UNIQUE. TO DATE NONE ARE EDITIONS. ONE EXAMPLE IS A JAPANESE STYLE, BOXED PORTFOLIO WHICH IS PART OF THE ART AND STORY ON THE LOOSE LEAF PAGES CONTAINED INSIDE. IT IS ENTITLED FIGMENTOSUM OCEANUM AND IS IN THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF CYNTHIA SEARS, MAJOR ART BOOK COLLECTOR. IT RESIDES IN THE BAINBRIDGE ISLAND MUSEUM OF ART, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON, SHERRY GROVER ART BOOK ROOM. ABOUT A DOZEN OF MY ART BOOKS CAN BE FOUND IN THAT COLLECTION AND ARE OFTEN EXHIBITED ON A ROTATING BASIS.
YOU MAY INQUIRE ABOUT MY WORK AT BAC GALLERY, BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, WASHINGTON, OR BY CONTACTING ME DIRECTLY ATÂ DSNOWSTUDIO@OLYMPUS.NET
THE DREADED THREADS
A GHOSTLY YARN
12X13 INCH UNIQUE ART BOOK WITH TEN COLLAGED AND SEWN PAGES PLUS STORY
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About D Snow Art Books and Collages:
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THE DREADED THREADS--A GHOSTLY YARN
THE STORY OF A VERY OLD FAMILY OF "HAUNTERS" WHO HAD LOST THEIR DYNAMISM, THEIR VIM AND VIGOR, THEIR OLD ENERGETIC SELVES TO SCARE ANYONE AT ALL, AND HAD NEARLY DISSOLVED INTO FLAKES AND SHREADS OF THEIR FORMER FORMLESS FORMS. THERE ARE TEN STITCHED AND SEWN, PAINTED AND GLUED PAGES OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF EACH FAMILY MEMBER INCLUDING STRINGALONG THE FAMILY DOG, NAUGHTY KNOTTY THE FAMILY CAT, PA DREADED THREAD, MA RED THREAD, GOLDIE DAUGHTER THREAD, BABY THREAD, THREAD BEAR HIS TEDDY, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, NED AND KNITTY NEEDLES WHO SAVE THE DAY.
The Dreaded Threads is on display in the Sherry Grover Book Room in the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art on Bainbridge Island, Washington. It is in the latest installation, Fall 2019 exhibit called "Follow the Threads," part of a permanent museum collection of art books.