Pam Fortner at the BARN
Tour Stop Number: 8Category: Book Arts, Mixed Media, Painting, and Sculpture
Website: http://www.pamfortner.com/
Instagram Handle: https://www.instagram.com/pamfortner
Email: pamfortner@comcast.net
Phone: 303-425-9826
Hand bound journals, luxury sketchbooks, sculpture, contemporary art
“My work is sculptural. It doesn’t matter what material I am working with, I always create with the third dimension in mind. I push beyond traditional approaches and use 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.
My studio is located in the BARN building next to Bode’s Mercantile in Abiquiú, New Mexico. Contact me for a tour of my studio – 303-425-9826”