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Book repair or book rescue?
…or none of the above? Book binding “repair” isn’t quite an accurate description of my latest Birch Bark Mosaics endeavor, although I have used it to affix a book spine hanging by mere threads from its front and back covers. It feels more like I am building a library that speaks to the other birch-barked…
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Kinsugi with birch bark
Philosophy and perspective It occurred to me shortly after I logged on to create this website, while struggling to define this act of creation, that birch bark art is, to me, a “kinsugi” process. In Japanese culture, the act of repairing a broken vase, for example, with lacquer adhesive dusted with gold is considered to…
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Where it began…
Short answer: Alaska During seven adventurous years in America’s 49th State, most of my days revolved around getting outside to walk some equally adventurous huskies. The three sisters — Ginger, Shilo, and Beachy — led me through acres of birch, aspen, and spruce forests in our Fairbanks neighborhood. They were intent on catching foxes but…
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And here we are
Birch Bark Mosaics: why that name? The best way I can describe the artwork (or possibly artplay) is with those three words. Long before this website, Birch Bark Mosaics was what I called my “art therapy” technique. Birch Bark is the media — the paint I use on a canvas or a journal cover to…
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