Debbi Commodore
Split Fountain Press
E. commodoredr@icloud.com
Debbi Commodore searches for the story in ordinary, unexpected, and sometimes disposable materials. She explores the values we hold individually, as well as the values society gives to places, objects, and materials. Her work can be grouped into three major themes, community, transformation over time, and the mystery of our natural world. The themes found in her work are often fluid and intersect with one another.
Her work explores these themes through printmaking and interactive sculpture in the form of artist books. Her curiosity of the book form engages the tension between the traditional book format and using unexpected materials and recycled materials. Her printing moves between simple outlined forms and building movement and depth through layered printing.
Multiple layers of engagement are achieved in her work through use of the utilitarian beauty of the book as sculpture, recycled and repurposed materials, and the simplicity of modest shapes and bright colors.