Philosopher's Box
CHRISTINE TREXEL
345 Lexington Avenue
email: shevek26@live.com
Books have been an integral part of Christine Trexel’s life since early childhood. She grew up on a farm in southeastern Colorado and spent many happy hours lost inside the pages of a book. She firmly believes a day without time set aside for reading is an incomplete day. As an adult she began her journey into creating her own books, which led to boxes, and then to making paper while living in Portland, Oregon. She has been fortunate to have taken a wide variety of classes at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts as well as with internationally known local artists in book binding and papermaking.
Since moving to Astoria in 2012, Christine has had the opportunity to show her work at Imogen Gallery in Astoria, Fairweather Gallery in Seaside, Imprint Gallery in Cannon Beach and at Cannon Beach Art Gallery. She has participated in juried shows in Cannon Beach Art Gallery, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts and 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland. Her work can currently be seen at Imogen Gallery, Fairweather Gallery and Cannon Beach Art Gallery.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Joining function and beauty guide me in my creation of paper, books and boxes. Beginning my work with the plants I find around me, I am able to interact with their very structure to create another object that has both beauty and function. I can choose to change the paper by adding color, texture, inclusions or to leave it alone. There is a process of evolution as the plant becomes paper and the paper covers books and boxes. It is that process that fascinates me.
I can follow an idea and incorporate words and images in my work or I can make the books and boxes to serve as receptacles of their keeper’s ideas, thoughts, and treasures. I like imagining the books being filled with words, doodles, sketches, and colors and then placed on a shelf to forever guard those intimate creations. Each box is a small treasure chest sitting elegantly in a place available to be filled with jewels, mementos, collections or nothing at all.
Paper is infinitely flexible, both literally and figuratively. I am constantly delighted while I experiment with my medium discovering yet another path I can take.
345 Lexington Avenue
email: shevek26@live.com
Books have been an integral part of Christine Trexel’s life since early childhood. She grew up on a farm in southeastern Colorado and spent many happy hours lost inside the pages of a book. She firmly believes a day without time set aside for reading is an incomplete day. As an adult she began her journey into creating her own books, which led to boxes, and then to making paper while living in Portland, Oregon. She has been fortunate to have taken a wide variety of classes at the Oregon College of Arts and Crafts as well as with internationally known local artists in book binding and papermaking.
Since moving to Astoria in 2012, Christine has had the opportunity to show her work at Imogen Gallery in Astoria, Fairweather Gallery in Seaside, Imprint Gallery in Cannon Beach and at Cannon Beach Art Gallery. She has participated in juried shows in Cannon Beach Art Gallery, Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts and 23 Sandy Gallery in Portland. Her work can currently be seen at Imogen Gallery, Fairweather Gallery and Cannon Beach Art Gallery.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Joining function and beauty guide me in my creation of paper, books and boxes. Beginning my work with the plants I find around me, I am able to interact with their very structure to create another object that has both beauty and function. I can choose to change the paper by adding color, texture, inclusions or to leave it alone. There is a process of evolution as the plant becomes paper and the paper covers books and boxes. It is that process that fascinates me.
I can follow an idea and incorporate words and images in my work or I can make the books and boxes to serve as receptacles of their keeper’s ideas, thoughts, and treasures. I like imagining the books being filled with words, doodles, sketches, and colors and then placed on a shelf to forever guard those intimate creations. Each box is a small treasure chest sitting elegantly in a place available to be filled with jewels, mementos, collections or nothing at all.
Paper is infinitely flexible, both literally and figuratively. I am constantly delighted while I experiment with my medium discovering yet another path I can take.
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