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Books

2006

Arles
9.5" x 6.5" closed, 9.5" x 13" open Trifold book to commemorate the Hewlett-Packard “Z-Master” event in Barcelona and at the 2006 Arles International Photo Festival. Original collaged book, scanned and printed on Hahnemuhle Smooth Fine Art Paper, back and front using the HP B9180 printer in an edition of 40.

Tis the season
7.75" x 6" A two page book/ leatherette box containing collaged metal figures of reindeer and angel with red raffia.

Safe House
12” x 22.75” x 2” Wood, metal, wire, mylar, paint, toy pieces, computer components. Created for the Icons + Altars fundraiser of the New Art Center.

State Religion
7" x 5", 18 pages Acrylic paste paint, collograph and inkjet prints on Arches black cover paper. Drum leaf binding. Cover of polymer clay over wood with wood and metal assemblage and gold handmade paper spine. The text refers to the separation of church and state in this country and abroad.

Signs and Symbols
10.5" x 5.5", 40 pages Rives BFK and mylar Acrylic paste paint and collograph printed images on Rives BFK paper with collaged elements. Simplified stiched binding with burgandy silk spine and acrylic painted covers. The circle, square and cross are recurring images in my work. They are ancient symbols which have occured in most cultures with varying meanings. The circle is simple, whole, unbroken and all encompassing. The square is an expression of the two dimensions that constitute a surface. And the equal arm cross may represent the four cardinal points and the points of the solar calendar. In combination they become more complex visually and in potential interpretation. This piece began in a PBI workshop taught by Laura Wait.

Circle Square Cross
10.5'' x 5.5'' Acrylic past paintings and collograph prints on Rives BFK & Mylar. Drum leaf binding with similar paper cover.

Negative Memory
Negative Memory

Barcelona
7.25'' x 5.5'' Longstitch collaged book with various papers. Cover of paper and kangaroo leather with metal clasp and chain. Made in Spain.

Nag Hammadi
5" x 3.5", 72 pages mud papyrus Acrylic paste paint, collograph prints and collage on mud papyrus. Single quire binding with brown leather cover and black tackets Thirteen single quire codices, or manuscripts, dating from the 4th century, were found in 1945 near the Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi, buried in an earthen jar. This piece began as a1/4 scale replica of Codex VI, (which wrapped in the opposite direction), in a workshop taught by Julia Miller. The poem in this book comes from a text in one of the codices entitled "The Thunder, Perfect Mind". Spoken in the voice of a feminine divine power it reads in part: For I am the first and the last. I am the honored one and the scorned one. I am the whore and the holy one. I am the wife and the virgin ...I am the barren one, and many are her sons ...I am the silence that is incomprehensible .. I am the utterance of my name.

9 11 plus 5
5.75" x 5.5", 26 pages Acrylic paste paint and collograph prints on Fabriano paper. Drum leaf binding with red kangaroo spine and acrylic painted ceramic covers. The pages were scanned and text added in Photoshop to create a page-turning flipbook.

Dorothy Simpson Krause • 3100 NE 48th St. #912 Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33308 • 781 424 5276 • DotKrause@DotKrause.com