Hello and welcome! My name is Amanda Determan, and I am a mixed media artist based in the Rocky Mountain West. Bitterroot Supply is the online home for my handcrafted artist books, home goods, and other assorted objets d’art. I learned to bind books twenty years ago at the University of Montana, and have been binding my own sketchbooks and journals since then. I also work in a number of other media, including ceramics, textile arts, bead weaving, and printmaking.
The bitterroot flower is Montana’s state flower — it’s also known as the resurrection flower. And while the idea for Bitterroot Supply is a seed that was planted several years ago, it didn’t take root until 2020. During the pandemic, I returned to art as a means of quieting my busy brain and processing the tumultuous times we found ourselves living through.
Like many children who displayed an early artistic flair, I was encouraged by the very well-meaning adults around me to choose a career that offered stability. So I pursued a degree in photojournalism (followed by an MFA in digital media) and spent many productive and rewarding years in journalism, communications, and marketing. I took the plunge into self-employment in January of 2022, and Bitterroot Supply is one piece of the multidisciplinary puzzle that is my creative freelance endeavor.
If you’d like to learn more about me or my digital media work, I invite you to visit me at amandadeterman.com.
The bitterroot flower is Montana’s state flower — it’s also known as the resurrection flower. And while the idea for Bitterroot Supply is a seed that was planted several years ago, it didn’t take root until 2020. During the pandemic, I returned to art as a means of quieting my busy brain and processing the tumultuous times we found ourselves living through.
Like many children who displayed an early artistic flair, I was encouraged by the very well-meaning adults around me to choose a career that offered stability. So I pursued a degree in photojournalism (followed by an MFA in digital media) and spent many productive and rewarding years in journalism, communications, and marketing. I took the plunge into self-employment in January of 2022, and Bitterroot Supply is one piece of the multidisciplinary puzzle that is my creative freelance endeavor.
If you’d like to learn more about me or my digital media work, I invite you to visit me at amandadeterman.com.
