CB Sherlock’s work originates in themes of nature, community, belonging, and identity which is achieved through combining lettered images, nature, and unique book structures. 

She grew up surrounded by Scandinavian design. They lived above her parents Scandinavian furniture store in Rochester, Mn, called the VikingHouse. In the midst of wooden trolls, Marimekko fabric curtains, Gorge Jensen silverware, and danish furniture she fell in love with patterns, shapes, clean lines, and bright colors and how they all played together. 

Receiving the McKnight Books Arts Fellowship in 2022 affirmed Sherlock’s work and helped her create larger projects. 

Her work has evolved to focus on the natural world and her pieces are intimately grounded in being present with nature in particular places and ephemera from Rivers to trees to garden plants she invites people to ponder how nature influences their lives on every level. 

In her early work Sherlock was exploring her voice in book arts, challenging herself to learn letter press printing skills and techniques that allowed her to express herself artistically to play with ideas and inspirations. Her early work explored what was going on in her home life from archiving objects from vacations to collecting fragmented fairytales her kids where reading. In the midst of all her work was a theme of nature. One of her first projects was an ABC book of Insects - sharing the visual delicacy of each bug. Sherlocks ideal medium is letterpress printing. Since her early love of Japanese prints, she has been drawn to the making of multiplies. Letter press has a versatility of using old techniques like Chine Collé to add a texture of color combed with new possibilities like polymer plates give her endless possibilities.

She have many artistic influences and mentors like May Stevens, to David Hockney. Locally, Harriet Bart, Jana Pullman and Regula Russelle have nurtured her artistic journey.

And everyone needs to find an artistic community that supports one.