Monday, June 25, 2012

MY SUMMER STUDIO WORKSHOPS



IN DURANGO COLORADO


COLLAGE
JULY 7
basic techniques
understanding of adhesives


PAPERMAKING
 AUGUST 4
basic “kitchen” techniques
western and eastern style methods
emphasis on local fibers


BOOK ARTS
AUGUST 11
review of all styles
bindings and sculptural forms


ALL WORKSHOPS
beginning to experienced
consultation on individual projects
all materials supplied
small classes
10-4
$65 ea.

 FOR MORE INFORMATION & TO REGISTER
wmelart@yahoo.com


ADDENDUM TO WINTER PRESSING BOOK




I have just added an Addendum to my Winter Pressing Book that documented my paper buried under winter snow from 1983 to 2009.  Since I am continuing this ritual (3 Pressings to date),  I have designed the Addendum as an unbound collection.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

New Work

Each year I continue my ritual of burying paper under winter snows.  The result is a print documentation of that particular winter - the amount of moisture, etc.  The Winter Pressing
2011-12 recorded 55" of snowfall in the forest adjacent to my studio.  



This Pressing then took the form of an artists' book enclosed in a box.
The binding is simply 2 leather threads running through single sheet pages.  The information about this Pressing is recorded on the first few pages (paper laid December 1 2011 and harvested March 20, 2012) and then a quote from John Muir is placed on the remaining pages..."I went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown for going out I found, was really going in. "

Sunday, June 10, 2012

 Language Bound

 Winter Pressing 2007-08
My artists' books Language Bound and Winter Pressing 2007-08 have recently been placed in the Special Collections of the Penrose Library at the University of Denver.  Vamp and Tramp Booksellers (Vicky and Bill Stewart) facilitated this placement as they have with so much of my work.  I appreciate this news since 3 other artists' books of mine are in that collection.

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Emergence

The artists' book - The Walk, The Wild, The Way and the mixed media work Emergence have just been selected for the Annual Durango Arts Center Juried Show through June.