An artist’s documentation of Grandma Prisbey’s legendary architectural tour de force
On the outskirts of Simi Valley, California, stands a cluster of 16 buildings designed and built by American artist Tressa Prisbrey (1896–1988). Between 1956 and 1972, Prisbrey laboriously mined a local landfill for glass bottles and shards of pottery to use in her construction of the collection of buildings now known as Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village. Prisbrey repurposed the discarded items as building material for sculptures, walkways, shrines and buildings initially intended to house her collection of around 17,000 pencils. The project is now a dazzling folkloric art environment composed of concrete and castoffs, dolls and debris.
Here, Austrian artist Kathi Hofer (born 1981) presents her documentation of the Bottle Village along with Prisbrey’s text and other supplementary materials.
Featured image is reproduced from ‘Kathi Hofer: Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village'.
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Sunday, November 14, from 11 AM – 2 PM PST, Preserve Bottle Village will host a book launch to celebrate the publication of Kathi Hofer: Grandma Prisbrey's Bottle Village, published by Spector Books. Join artist and author Kathi Hofer on a special tour through the landmark Simi Valley art environment conceived and built by Tressa Prisbrey. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Please RSVP to preservebv@gmail.com. Your $15 admission fee and all book sales will support the upkeep of the village. continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 64 pgs / 14 color / 14 b&w. LIST PRICE: U.S. $20.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $28 ISBN: 9783959054034 PUBLISHER: Spector Books AVAILABLE: 7/13/2021 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA LA AFR ME
Published by Spector Books. Text by Tressa Prisbrey, Kathi Hofer.
An artist’s documentation of Grandma Prisbey’s legendary architectural tour de force
On the outskirts of Simi Valley, California, stands a cluster of 16 buildings designed and built by American artist Tressa Prisbrey (1896–1988). Between 1956 and 1972, Prisbrey laboriously mined a local landfill for glass bottles and shards of pottery to use in her construction of the collection of buildings now known as Grandma Prisbrey’s Bottle Village. Prisbrey repurposed the discarded items as building material for sculptures, walkways, shrines and buildings initially intended to house her collection of around 17,000 pencils. The project is now a dazzling folkloric art environment composed of concrete and castoffs, dolls and debris.
Here, Austrian artist Kathi Hofer (born 1981) presents her documentation of the Bottle Village along with Prisbrey’s text and other supplementary materials.
