Curt Dornberg
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| Portfolio/Box of French-Door Books | Ancient Music Lost | Case-Bound Books |
- Portfolio/Box of French-Door Books: Portfolio box covered with my own handwoven huck lace fabric. Opens to reveal an attached pair of books bound French-door style. Books are covered with 180£ watercolor paper. Pages of fine drawing papers in various shades of cream, buff, and white.
- Ancient Music Lost, 2001: Fifty poems by Barbara Gallagher in a private edition of fifteen copies, 9 1/4 X 6 1/4. Case-bound codex covered with black Iris cloth. Text in 12 pt. Bernhard Modern Roman printed on Strathmore 500 drawing paper deckled on top, right, and bottom foredges. My own hand-marbled end papers. Slipcase covered with the same handmarbled paper.
- Case-Bound Books, 2001 - 2002: From top to bottom: Case with three-ring mechanism for loose-leaved paper. Window openings can reveal initials, photographs, etc. Covered in my own hand-marbled paperwith cloth spine and contrasting lining. Case for compact disks covered in solid tan paper. Lined with oriental paper. (Holds 7 CDs) Long ledger covered with oriental paper and cloth spine. Small pocket journal covered with ledger paper and linen spine.
Artist Statement
I have chosen to pursue the book “inside and out,” first as a Professor of English, then as a book worker and box maker. From early to late, I have been a weaver. I have most recently been drawing these pursuits into artists’ books of my own composition and design, writing and/or editing, printing, and binding them in my own handwoven fabrics with my own hand-decorated marbled and paste papers. Book workers are likely to be box and portfolio makers, and so am I, making portfolio boxes for writing cases and for manuscripts, as well as small decorated boxes for a variety of small treasures.