C. Ann Ramsay Cichowski

aka C ARC.

Artist Biography

C ARC Interpretive Arts was born from the artist’s desire to design and create unique, personalized gifts for friends and family. Ann describes her works as being interpretations of nature. In this collection, the artist uses paper folding (origami) as the vehicle for her expressions.

The viewer will see a variety of origami styles coming from many different nations and practices. Ann uses different types of paper for her creations, recycling wherever she can. For example, the keen observer might notice the use of old envelops in “Santa Rosa Gulls” and, as the title implies, she puts her origami shapes and figures into a context.

Art has always been a part of Ann’s life. Her formal training in design began as an undergraduate at Louisiana State University, with Art as her minor. After her college career, she continued her professional training in sketching and watercolors. Most of Ann’s professional career has been in the field of education. She first was introduced to origami as a tool in teaching science and math to gifted children. Over the last 30 years, Ann has continued her creating and designing, focusing on curriculum development for Seattle’s Pacific Science Center, the state of Washington, Tacoma’s Point Defiance Zoo, the city of Seattle, and Weyerhauser, a large corporate lumber business. The last twenty years Ann has been involved with the training of future teachers in math and science at Pacific Lutheran University and Cal Poly State University.

Cambria has been the home of Ann and her husband Bob for the past thirteen years. Ann is native to southern Mississippi. She has lived in several places in the United States and Europe.

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