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.

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. "

 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.

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.