Zerbetz, Evon

Evon Zerbetz
"Relief printmaking has been my passion for over 20 years. I prefer carving tools over pencils, and relish the physicality of mark making as I carve into linoleum and other matrices to make my printing plates. 

"Ultimately, it’s all about the line. I am passionate about the lines that can only be created in carving relief plates. The characteristic thick and thin lines, chop and hatch marks —created with my knife, that give my work its distinctive look.  My reductive medium requires me to think backwards, and to think about positive and negative space, both physically and energetically.

"I enjoy the process all the way through, from carving, to inking and printing my plates by hand. My current interest is to translate my linocuts into large format installations.

"When it comes to how I work, curiosity is in the driver’s seat and I am along for the ride, sometimes as a willing traveler—with a map in my lap—and sometimes as a terrified passenger, albeit eagerly so, as I turn a corner into unknown territory.

"This is where I find my juice—in problem-solving through my art—whether working within the parameters of architect’s dimensions, new materials, or designing public art that will speak to and reflect the community of users in a building or space. There is magic in creating a conceptual design and then getting to figure out how to fabricate it, draw on fabricators  as needed, and bring a piece to fruition."


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Books: 
Ten Rowdy Ravens By Susan Ewing, Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Susan Ewing, Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780882406107
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Alaska Northwest Books - October 1st, 2005

Blueberry Shoe By Ann Dixon, Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Ann Dixon, Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780882405193
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Alaska Northwest Books - August 1st, 1999

Aleutian Sparrow By Karen Hesse, Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Karen Hesse, Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator)
$8.99
ISBN: 9781416903277
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Margaret K. McElderry Books - June 1st, 2005

Blueberry Shoe By Ann Dixon, Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Ann Dixon, Evon Zerbetz (Illustrator)
$12.99
ISBN: 9780882405193
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Alaska Northwest Books - August 1st, 1999