The Art - The
Artist - The
Inspiration/Alaska
Sherri has experimented with many mediums from paints
to pastels, and from clay to metal work. Although,
it was through the art of bookbinding that she found
her true love, paper.
Paper has a unique beauty; its secret is in the
fibers. With paper, Sherri can create many different
moods with different edges. Sometimes she wants
a soft natural deckle edge, a torn and jagged edge
or a clean cut, sharp edge. Sometimes the paper
leads her into a new direction. With paper, she
can work quickly putting down or removing layers
to sketch out her designs. Living in an Alaskan
temperate rain forest has also affected her process.
Just as, the shifting clouds covers the mountains
and the ocean tides flow in and out onto the beach,
creating layers of landscape, Sherri is inspired
to recreate that beauty. She uses many layers of
decorative and hade made papers, meticulously piecing
them together until she sees Alaska come alive in
her art. This is why she calls her art Paper Landscapes.
In her bindery, Sherri also creates hand-sewn, archival
quality journals and scrapbooks. Sherri uses her
own hand made papers and a large variety of purchased
papers, both hand made and machine made in her books,
too. She uses high quality book cloth and leather
for the covers. Then she uniquely designs each book
cover with her collage art. Many of these book covers
display water colored topographical maps of the
southeast Alaska area.
