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8jl GOLDEN, Jennifer Falck Linssen
Katagami-style handcarved archival cotton paper, aluminum, coated copper wire, waxed linen, stainless steel, paint, and varnish, 8.5" x 26.5" x 4.5", 2011, $2,800 |
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6jl ENVELOP
Jennifer Falck Linssen
Katagami-style handcarved paper sculpture with stitching. archival cotton paper, aluminum, coated copper wire, waxed linen, stainless steel, paint, and varnish
23.25" x 11.5" x 5", 2010
$2,900 |
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7jl Volume (Echoes & Artifacts), Jennifer Falck Linssen
Katagami-style handcarved archival cotton paper, aluminum, waxed linen, paint, mica, and varnish., 82" x 46" x 1.5", 2010, $4,200 |
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1jl WALTZ
Jennifer Falck Linssen
archival cotton paper, waxed linen, coated copper wire, aluminum, stainless steel, seagrass, paint, and varnish
(katagami-style handcarved paper.)
16” x 14” x 4”, 2008
$2,500 |
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4jl ENFOLD
Jennifer Falck Linssen
handcrafted vessel of katagami-style handcarved paper. Materials include archival cotton paper, aluminum, waxed linen, paint, varnish, freshwater pearl, and sterling silver
5.5" x 20" x 3", 2008
$2,400
photos by Jennifer Falck Linssen |
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Selected collections and exhibition venues:
Longmont Museum, Longmont, Colorado (Jennifer Falck Linssen: Beyond Katagami, solo exhibition); Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California (Contemporary Katagami: Works by Jennifer Falck Linsse, solo exhibition); Museum of Craft & Folk Art, San Francisco, California (The Shape of Things: Paper Traditions and Transformations); Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado (Drawing With a Knife); Arts Incubator, Kansas City, Missouri (How to See the Forest for the Trees); Textile Center Of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Web and Flow); the Eleanor Bliss Center for the Arts, Steamboat Springs, Colorado (Beyond Fiber: New Forms, Alice Zrebiec juror); Wichita Center for the Arts, Kansas; Illinois Central College, East Peoria, Illinois (solo exhibition); Hope College, Holland, Michigan (solo exhibition 2010); Springfield Art Museum, Missouri (solo exhibition 2010). |
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Statement:
LongmI create sculptures in handcarved paper, metal and natural woven elements, through which I explore the delicacy of nature, the beauty of line, and the transformation of light and space. Through investigation of both natural and man-made patterns, I seek to understand how pattern lends overall strength to an object, for example, the veining in plant leaves, the structure of a moth’s wing, or the crystal formation of snowflakes. The interaction of light, carved patterns and shifting shadows play with the architectural shape, sculpting an ever-changing landscape in space around each piece.
Katagami, the ancient Japanese paper carving skill I use to create my sculpture, connects me with the past just as each paper bridge or link in my work connects to form a solid, yet open, structure. I bridge the gap between our own human scale, the minute and intimate, and the vast and grand by freezing a moment in time, immortalizing it in pattern, light, and shadow. Through these moments, I am comforted in seeing humanity reflected in nature’s change, rebirth, resiliency, and endurance. |
ENFOLD, Jennifer Falck Linssen |
Between the Lines:
The Katagami Sculpture
of Jennifer Falck Linssen
Springfield Art Museum
1111 East Brookside Drive
Springfield, Missouri 65807
417-837-5700
http://www.springfieldmo.gov/
art/exhibitions.html
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September 18 through November 14, 2010
Combining ancient Japanese paper-carving, katagami, with traditional basketry and metalsmithing techniques, American artist Jennifer Falck Linssen creates three-dimensional sculptures that explore the beauty of line and the delicacy of nature. Transforming light and space by "drawing" with a knife, Linssen investigates patterns – both manmade and natural in order to “understand how pattern lends overall strength to an object such as the veining in plant leaves, the structure of a moth’s wing, or the crystal formation of snowflakes." Katagami are hand-carved paper stencils that were traditionally used to pattern and dye kimonos through katazome. Katazome is a Japanese printing and dyeing process where rice-paste resist is applied through the stencil onto lengths of fabric; when dyed, the color does not adhere to the areas with rice paste allowing the pattern to show through. |
To purchase the artwork of Jennifer Falck Linssen
or to obtain information about other available works, contact:
Tom Grotta
browngrotta arts
or telephone
tel: 203-834-0623 or fax: 203-762-5981
www.browngrotta.com
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