Etsy

turn-of-the-centuries prints are inspired by history - the quiet marks of passing time found in cities and towns, in buildings, in rooms. A street grid, the architectural details of a building, a wall patterned and aged are evidence of a period and symbols for a story.

The drawings are transformed into prints, books, and note cards, often collaged with other textures and patterns and produced through digital and material methods for a layered effect.

I make drawings to understand and appreciate something that inspires. My greatest gratification is to find someone also appreciates the inspiration and my re-presentation.

My aim is to build a Collection here of my favorite things, in drawings. Including: historic cities & towns,
buildings & maps,
architectural drawings,
antique prints,
typography,
topography,
natural patterns & botanical structures,
wires & ribbon,
bridges,
boats,
old trucks & cars,
bluegrass & old-time,
dresses & aprons,
cake,
chandeliers,
wallpaper,
old books,
vintage Architectural Graphic Standards,
M. Sasek & his world cities,
Simone de Beauvoir & her memoirs,
Italo Calvino & his Invisible Cities,
Anne Morrow Lindbergh & her seashells,
lists.

I hope to share my favorite things with you.
Thank you for looking.

Kirsten Sparenborg