ABOUT
BOB
I am a graduate of the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland California, class of 1965, with a Fine Arts degree in painting.
I designed stitchery kits for many years while I was the New Product Director at Sunset Designs. I oversaw design development of needlepoint, lace and quilting products for Peking Handicraft. I traveled to China to work with Creative Design developing a line of ribbons, bows and floral designs. I have designed everything from stuffed animals to fabric food to T-shirt kits and children's chairs, and have written many how-to craft articles and books.
Paper became my medium of choice some twenty years ago. Files and baskets hold my pallet of colored Lokta papers and if I lack a color I need, I color white paper with watercolor. I collect ephemera at garage and estate sales, using sheet music, stamps and old recipes in both my collages and on my 3-D birds.
I license my designs to manufacturing companies, have a small greeting card company and sell my original collages and birds in galleries.
I live with my rescue dog, Bob, overlooking the East Bay Regional Park, on the edge of the Hayward Fault in Oakland, California.
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NANCY OVERTON
Pallet of Lokta paper in a basket
Cat collages in progress on the drawing board
Studio drawing board
Birds hanging on the studio fire screen to dry
Barn Owl in process
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Coot feet ready to be applied to the coot.
"Falca" commission in process