Something a bit different today. {I realised all my faves are very similar!} Here is me loving something that is not {semi} abstract acrylic mixed media painting! hehe
Cheryl Sorg is a paper artist. Her art is inspired by, and made from, books.
‘Spinning Yarns’ – a 300 foot long ribbon of text made from two copies of Anne Sexton’s book ‘Transformations’
Cheryl also does thumb print portraits in a way that reminded me of my portrait series where I use only symbolic images and text for a person, rather than a representation of their face.
Here’s how she describes them:
I began creating these thumbprint portraits in 2009, with a small series of self-portraits as portraits of a booklover and language lover using text and book covers, but they have expanded greatly and have become something I routinely commission for lovers of all manner of things – fashion, religion, falconry, sports, music, film, gardening – you name it.
One of the things I really love about Cheryl’s art is how thoughtful it is.
A little perusing of her website shows the ideas behind a lot of her work. I love that while it is beautiful just to look at, each piece has hidden depths because of the books she uses, or the ideas behind the construction of a piece.
As a lover of books, text and paper, Cheryl’s work makes me do a little happy dance inside. And like all the artists whose work I love, it kickstarts my own imagination with ideas for representing the world.
Tara–I'm so thankful that you take the time to find these wonderful artists and blog about them–she is awesome!! Thank you so much for sharing!
A very clever artist and some inspirational ideas x
Thank you for introducing me to this new artist! I am so drawn to that ball of words and I want to slowly unravel it word by word. 🙂
This is extraordinary. Thanks for sharing!
I am just loving your new website Tara. It is very YOU and so much better for you to have everything in one place. Great job by your web designers. Good luck with it. Sending oodles of positive energy your way.
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The new website is just so “you” and I love it! Thanks for sharing your favourites!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your new website. It is very chichi (my word of the day!)