Pam Fortner
Tour Stop Number: 14Category: Book Arts, Mixed Media, Painting, and Sculpture
Website: http://www.pamfortner.com/
Instagram Handle: @pamfortner
Email: pamfortner@comcast.net
Phone: 303-425-9826
Luxury journals and sketchbooks, contemporary mixed-media sculpture
The existence of the third dimension is why I create artwork. I suppose that makes me a sculptor, but I don’t sculpt in the traditional sense. I push beyond traditional approaches, using unusual techniques. I combine materials in unconventional ways. Currently, I describe myself as a welder and a bookbinder.
Through my body of work, I am exploring the relationships between diverse materials – the hard and the soft; the natural and the manufactured. I create steel architectures and embellish them with paper, wild clay, primitive pigments, and earth materials. I create unorthodox 3-dimensional forms using bookbinding techniques.
Recently, my practice has extended into the realm of luxury journals and sketchbooks. I am returning to my roots of binding books in the traditional way. Using silk, exotic papers and waxed linen thread, I am creating one-of-a-kind books designed to please the most discerning of artists and writers.
I welcome visitors into my studio and gallery! Look for me in the BARN located next to Bode’s Mercantile in Abiquiú, New Mexico.