Esping, Gretchen - handmade paper sculpture, good

Esping, Gretchen - handmade paper sculpture, good
"Moon and Stars Have for Grief the Night Forsaken!" is a signed, handmade paper sculpture mono cast by Gretchen Esping from 2018, that measures 20x37.5 x4, and in good condition. “Moon and Stars . . . “ includes a paper molded image of a moon, modeled from a copper reposé by Lester Raymer, and a piece of clinging vine from the courtyard of Lester’s studio. Using pre-pulped paper and found objects, the paper pulp is laid on a bed created of found objects, forming a detailed reverse impression. Esping began working with handmade paper in the mid-1970’s. While in graduate school at the University of Iowa she took a graduate course offered by the Iowa Writer’s Workshop with the focus on limited edition fine-press books. It is through this course that she began to think about both paper making and fine-press book binding and now, even paper casts. Gretchen Esping’s formal education was at Bethany College with a B.F.A., an M.A. from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in Education from Kansas State University. She has taught at K-State Salina, high school and elementary school at USD 500 in Kansas City, KS and as a substitute art teacher in Lindsborg and Canton/Galva KS. Esping has had one person shows in cast paper at Gallery Etc. Etc. Etc. and Idum Theatre Gallery, both in Umeå, Sweden, and a major paper work at the Hyatt Regency in Denver, Colo.
Condition: good