Artist

Norm Sartorius

born Salisbury, MD 1947
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Courtesy Norm Sartorius.
Born
Salisbury, Maryland, United States
Active in
  • Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States
Biography

Norm Sartorius left his job as a social worker in Baltimore in the 1970s to live in rural West Virginia. He apprenticed to a woodworker for six months and learned to carve letter openers, shoehorns, canes, and spoons. He made a living from selling craft items and quickly discovered the popularity of his unusual spoons. By 1989, Sartorius had devoted his work entirely to crafting unique spoons from exotic woods.

Works by this artist (4 items)

June Schwarcz, Bowl #804, 1981, electroplated copper, and enameled, electroplated, and oiled iron, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Carl W. Schwarcz, 1981.34
Bowl #804
Artist
Date1981
electroplated copper, and enameled, electroplated, and oiled iron
On view
June Schwarcz, Vessel #2117, 1998, electroformed, sandblasted, oxidized, and enameled copper foil, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the James Renwick Alliance, 1999.2.1
Vessel #2117
Artist
Date1998
electroformed, sandblasted, oxidized, and enameled copper foil
Not on view
June Schwarcz, Apollo's Pool, 1993, enameled electroformed copper foil, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Kenneth R. Trapp in honor of June Schwarcz, 2002.85.3
Apollo’s Pool
Artist
Date1993
enameled electroformed copper foil
Not on view
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Bracelet
Artist
Date2001
metal
Not on view

Exhibitions

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A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection
September 23, 2010–January 30, 2011
Renwick Gallery
A Revolution in Wood: The Bresler Collection celebrates the magnificent gift of sixty-six pieces of turned and carved wood to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the noted collectors, Fleur and Charles Bresler.