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Lorrie Grainger Abdo

  • Handmade Paper
  • 269.544.2679
  • http://lorrieabdo.blogspot.com/

The exploration of surface design.

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About Lorrie Grainger Abdo

Artist: Handmade Paper, Paper Mosaics, Mixed Media, Surface Design

Handmade Paper Art Pieces: Typically I begin by mentally constructing each piece. I’ll dwell on this quite awhile because I am truly “building” on canvas or board with my own 100% cotton, highly textured handmade paper. Using these textures mean that I must try to predict most aspects of the final painted piece. This is exciting but also difficult. Changing the direction of the piece once I begin the final step of painting the handmade paper with acrylic paints, bitumen and other painting mediums is not easily forgiven.

Paper Mosaic Home Decor: I am motivated first by color. Texture is a close second. After years of making large sheets of paste papers and exploring a huge number of surface design techniques, even the tiniest scraps started to look appealing. I began incorporating paper mosaics into artwork and then into functional pieces that can help accessorize a home in a variety of bright, wonderful colors.

Instruction: I teach papermaking, paste painting, and paper mosaic classes for all ages at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Sievers School of Fiber Arts and other locations. I encourage all my students to keep their eyes open for things that will make great marks in wet pulp or on a painted surface. Part of the fun of creating is the hunt for objects that have multiple purposes. Simply put, I believe that artists can see the “usual” unusually.

Professional Affiliations: Administrative Director at the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, 326 W. Kalamazoo Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI. President of The Handmade Paper Guild, Vice President of Signature Artists Cooperative.

My upcoming events

Westminster Art Festival

March 22, 2014
- April 22, 2014
”Earthcare:  Reconcile, Restore, Rejoice.”  A juried art show at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1515 Helen Avenue, Portage, MI  49002. Signature members Lorrie Grainger Abdo, Dawn Edwards and Carolyn Fink are in this show.   March 22 – April 22, call church at 269-344-3966 for hours  

Westminster Art Festival

March 22, 2014
- April 22, 2014
”Earthcare:  Reconcile, Restore, Rejoice.”  A juried art show at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1515 Helen Avenue, Portage, MI  49002. Signature members Lorrie Grainger Abdo, Dawn Edwards and Carolyn Fink are in this show.   March 22 – April 22, call church at 269-344-3966 for hours  

Interwoven Expressions

November 1, 2014 @ 9:00 am
This year is the 30th annual Interwoven Expressions Exhibit and Sale!  Exquisite creations from the hands that weave, dye, knit, felt, quilt, stitch and design contemporary and traditional fashions, home decor and holiday gifts.  There are 35 artists in this juried sale including Signature paper artist Lorrie Grainger Abdo.  Come take a look!  

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