Belfast, ME
Left: Sonnet $125
Right: Audible Sound $125.
To Purchase Contact Abecedarian Gallery
About this Book - Sonnet 55
This hanging, accordion fold books is 28 1/2x 8 1/4 inches when fully open. The background is acrylic paste paper with hand-lettered text in acrylic ink and sumi ink. There is a cord in the cover for hanging. Unique books in a series.
About this Book - Audible Sound
This hanging, accordion fold books is 60 x 6 inches when fully open. The background is acrylic paste paper with hand-lettered text in acrylic ink and sumi ink. There is a cord in the cover for hanging. Unique books in a series.
Artist Biography
Jan Owen is calligrapher and book artist living in Belfast, Maine. She grew up in New York and has lived for many years in Maine. Her work incorporates brush marks, paste decorated papers, and words by various authors. Jan played string bass with the Bangor Symphony for many years and her artwork connects the rhythm of music and writing. She has taught at Haystack School of Crafts in Maine, Sitka Center, Oregon, and Oregon College of Art and Craft. Her work is shown internationally and is in the collections of the Library of Congress, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and in Yale, Wellesley and Harvard Special Collections. She was a recipient of a Maine Artist Fellowship.
All images and text copyright the artist. All rights reserved.
 |
 |
 |
