Dorothy Field

DOROTHY FIELD
Cobble Hill, BC

Dorothy has an MA in Design from the University of California at Berkeley where she specialized in textiles. Dorothy has studied with Tim Ely, Claire van Vliet, Bridget O’Malley and others, and apprenticed at a paper mill in Wonju, Korea. She has taught and lectured at art and paper centres including Columbia College/Chicago Center for Book and Paper, Penland School and Rhode Island School of Design. Her study of Asian papermaking in Japan, Korea and Nepal has resulted in numerous magazine articles and a limited edition book. Since 1987 her work has been seen in exhibitions in Canada, United States, Costa Rica and Japan.

Contact: Dotter@seaside.net

Butter and Barley

Accordion structure with extra sheets sewn into the folds.
Cover: book board with plastic bangle – a Tibetan girl's gift.
Text pages: Kozo paper treated with dry pigments and Polaroid transfers (papermaker: Dorothy Field). White paper of overbeaten flax carries the pochoir illustrations. (papermaker: Jana Pullman).
Dimensions: 8 x 30 x 3 cm (3 x 12 x 1 in).

Garry Oak Book

Accordion structure sewn into wrap-around cover. Book opens to a jagged circle – like a Garry Oak grove.
Cover: paper has feel of Garry Oak bark: kozo and mixture of local fibers, treated with tapioca starch and walnut dye (Dorothy Field).
Text pages: ink-jet printed vellum, laid over second vellum sheet with black-and-white and colour Xeroxes of photographs, Polaroid transfers.
Dimensions: 15 x 22 cm (6 x 8.5 in).