User:Timathom/Denise Bookwalter

Denise Bookwalter ...

Biography
My work is the result of my perpetual pursuit of knowledge and understanding. As a child I realized quickly that the accumulation of information far exceeded the quantity that a dedicated classroom teacher had patience or time enough to teach me. I approach my work initially as a scientist approaches their research. I first gather information from primary sources. As the search images develop I follow a considerably less linear path and am attracted by the unexpected and overlooked. The disregarded records, figures or facts merge and become the atypical moments that facilitate my knowledge of materials, technology and objects. These moments nourish intuition and lead to invention. The combination of research, information and play is the subject of my work. My recent research threads included vintage knitting patterns, origami and experimental machines and vehicles of unheralded aviation pioneers like Australia’s Lawrence Hargrave and Brazil’s Alberto Santos-Dumont.