The Art of the Book
Sixth Annual Exhibition of Handmade Books,
Altered Books and Book Related Works |
More work by Cathy DeForest
Cathy DeForest is a book artist inspired by found objects and nature. She works in a broad range of media integrating etchings, letterpress printing and photography on surfaces as diverse as paper and silk. She enjoys using the age old presses and techniques of printmaking, like the artists who began this work in the fifteenth century. Her artist books integrate each of her forms of art including original poetry. Cathy’s work is part of several collections including:
The Honourable Thabo Mbeki,
President of the Republic of South Africa
The Florean Museum of Romania
The California Palace Legion of Honor
The Oakland Museum
Yale University
University of California Santa Barbara
The San Francisco Public Library
Cathy has a Ph.D. in Organization Development. She worked in this field for 14 years with large corporations and several universities. Her art work is exhibited and sold internationally. Cathy has been teaching and mentoring students since 1969. After 26 years in the San Francisco Bay area and founding a gallery in Lafayette California, Cathy moved to Ashland, Oregon to found Gallery DeForest. The intention of her work is to evoke meaning through color and form, connecting the viewer with a sense of truth and beauty.
Yet
YET is an artist book created by Cathy DeForest and dedicated to the Ecuadorian woman she saw in a field gathering sticks. In Cathy’s desire to share the Ecuadorian woman’s presence with others, she turned her photograph into a polymer photogravure and designed a book to reveal a poem Cathy wrote about her. Each etching is hand inked with gratitude and respect for women who live so humbly and with such dignity. The book covers are made from bark papers and the text pages are Niyodo Natural. The edition includes one unique book cradled in an antique mirrored box and 12 books housed in boxes custom built by Sabina Nies.
Edition of 12:
closed: length 11 3/8 x width 9 3/8 x height 2 3/8
open: height 10 1/2 open
$650
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