Dorsey Hogg
Burlington, Vermont
Dorsey Hogg explores book arts and paper sculpture by repurposing book pages and papers that are destined for the landfill. She loves the challenge of taking a book whose pages have not been opened in years (if ever) and creating a new life for it; exposing the words, illustrations, photos, all the life within, and showing it to the world in a new way. She began using only found materials after she realized how much waste she was creating in her artwork, artwork that was often never finished. Using discarded books and materials has provided her with endless projects and opportunities while keeping her art footprint very small.
Dorsey is an elementary art teacher in Georgia Vermont where she loves exploring looking at materials and art in different ways with her students. Many of her materials are sourced from the discard piles and waste bins around the school.
She shows her book and paper art regularly at venues and galleries around Vermont and she has been honored to be a part of book arts exhibitions in Connecticut, New York, and Ohio.
