30 Jul ENCAUSTIC BOOKS
A selection of handmade books using wax, paper, transfers, gampi, linen, silk and media media....
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23 Jul 100 DAYS
100 DAYS is a study of time, identity and alchemy. There are 336 encaustic paintings on birch plywood with 2 magnets on the reverse side. The magnets are then used to affix the painting to a steel wall installed in six parts. This project involved fingerprints...
23 Jul IDEAL MARRIAGE
IDEAL MARRIAGE is a deconstruction of myths, women’s roles and societal expectations. An undoing of rules and regulations; an explosion of personal power and reinvention in response to an owner’s manual for men. The experience of loss is also laden with beauty, and a catalyst for...
23 Jul CONTRACTIONS
Excerpt from Idaho Fellowship Award 2006 taken from 49 Degrees Latitude: “As a book artist, Bergren began CONTRACTIONS, an edition of 10 books containing 150 original paintings, in collaboration with Jann Marson, master bookbinder in Caldwell, to document her own response to 9/11 and the prospect...