Fenfolio

Fenfolio is the artist name of Fenneke Wolters-Sinke; Fen is how she likes to be called and folio means “a sheet of any written or printed material”. She is a visual artist and maker, specialising in contemporary artists' books and paper sculptures. These are all one-off pieces and can be organic, dynamic, quiet, powerful, informative, delicate, vibrant, conceptual, experimental or sculptural. Through printmaking, paperfolding, papercutting and artists' books, inspired by natural and geometrical patterns found while sea kayaking, mountaineering or travelling she investigates the versatility of paper. She has exhibited in galleries such as Royal Scottish Academy, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Bankside Gallery, and various libraries in Denver, USA. In 2018, she received the Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award from Creative Scotland for a 2-week non-toxic printmaking residency in Massachussetts, USA. Recently she completed a residency in Germany with master bookbinder Nadine Werner where she learnt various non-adhesive bookbinding techniques such as the Steck album and the woven rod structure. Her works are held in private and public collections such as National Libraries of Scotland and Edinburgh College of Art.