Page Turner
Tors Distunxit Amicitiamanet (Love Surives with Death Divides)
Tors Distunxit Amicitiamanet (Love Surives with Death Divides)
© Page Turner
*Made with bundled bullets, bundled and waxed book pages, preserved bird wing, silk thread, antique door knob and a zinc mason jar lid. The dome is from a 150 year old clock.
Tiny Toes
© Page Turner
*Turner has always been bewitched by what is kept and saved, and by objects that are perceived to have little to no value. She is attuned especially to objects and tools that women have owned or own, such as material remnants, and the everyday mementos that someone saves—sentimental objects, trifles, trinkets, and sundries.
Workbench
Work by Page Turner; Photo credit Ron Baily
*Recreation of 1920’s Chicago satin wedding gown. Turner’s work honors the high art of domestic skills and is a reflection of femininity. Her delicate sculptures are sewn and constructed entirely by hand, using heirlooms, preserved animal parts, domestic tools, and sacred objects.
Roanoke based artist, Page Turner has exhibited widely in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Washington, DC, and in Los Angeles. She was the cover artist for Exponent II – Publishing the Experiences of Mormon Women since 1974, and has been featured in six issues of Studio Visit Magazine, published as Emerging Artist in Art Galleries & Artists of the South magazine, featured in Artemis: Artist and Writers of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Beyond, her work showcased in Artist Watch on Escape into Life blog, and other media. Turner shares an art studio with her husband, Zephren deep in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. The two stay busy with fine art creation and film prop and set production, Page Turner Studios never has a clean floor.
