Monday, December 9, 2013
ANNUAL RITUAL
Each year, after a significant snowfall, I bury paper in the forest. The earth with natural detritus of leaves and pine needles from the forest environment "prints" and embosses the paper as the weight of the snow presses down on the paper throughout the winter. In printmaking terms, the earth is the plate and the snow is the press. The paper is harvested in the spring and the resulting natural art is used in artworks such as artists' books and installations.
Walking the forest trail to the burial site and placing paper squares on the earth and under the snow
OPEN STUDIO CONTINUES
My studio will be open by appointment till the end of the year.
handmade paper art in studio window
Saturday, November 30, 2013
DECEMBER OPEN STUDIO
OPEN STUDIO / OPEN HOUSE
MARY ELLEN LONG
* ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART * ART *
Saturday, December 7, 10-5
Sunday, December 8, 1-5
UNIQUE GIFT IDEAS
SMALL ART OBJECTS, COLLAGE, DRAWINGS, PRINTS, BOOK ART, SCULPTURE
REFRESHMENTS
259-4363 FOR MORE INFORMATION
209 EL DIENTE DRIVE, DURANGO (EDGEMONT)
Bookend - sculpture of natural materials
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Monday, November 18, 2013
THE SHORE
During the fall season, time was spent in Southern California and Maui. Here are some of my favorite shots.
Shore birds, South Del Mar, CA beach
low tide at Del Mar
Sea grasses and kelp
Storm approach at Del Mar
Kihea Beach, Maui
Black sand beach near Hana, Maui
Tidal at Koko beach, Hana,Maui
Offering papers on tidal pool, Hamoa Beach, Maui
Offering papers on tidal pool, Hamoa Beach, Maui
RECENT PLACEMENT OF WORK
The following books were placed in the collections of the Athenaeum in La Jolla and the Special Collections, Geisel Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla
Cloud, Root, Paper (two in the series)
Winter Pressing 2012 The Walk The Wild The Way
This past September my traveling Roots exhibit opened at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library in La Jolla, California. During my visit I also presented a collage trunk show at the Athenaeum and had a table at the San Diego Book Arts Fundraiser at UCSD, displaying boxes of collage and a selection of my artists' books.
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
WASP WASHI
Installation in the lobby at the Durango Arts Center to be exhibited until mid November. The paper squares are handmade paper (kozo fiber imported from Thailand) and wasp paper that have been
combined in the process of making the sheets. The wasp paper has been collected from the amazing
nests that wasps make. Wasps are indeed the first papermakers.
combined in the process of making the sheets. The wasp paper has been collected from the amazing
nests that wasps make. Wasps are indeed the first papermakers.
Monday, September 9, 2013
LAST HIKE AT EDGEMONT HIGHLANDS
For nine years I have been an artist-in-residence at Edgemont Highlands, near Durango, Colorado creating over 30 environmental art sites. This is the last hike of the season. And next year, Allison Anderson will be taking the job of maintaining the sites.
Cave Rock, my conversation with a squirrel. The squirrel did the stuffing, the artist did the rocks.
The artist at Lichen Tree. Nesting materials for small animals and birds that has already been scavenged. Below some of the group that took this last hike of the season.
Sunday, September 8, 2013
PAPERMAKING WITH PLANTS WORKSHOP
At the Durango Arts Center, participants had fun creating paper made from a variety of fibers such as cattail, bamboo, wild iris, etc. We also used kozo given to us by Tim Barrett of the University of Iowa who recently did presentations about Japanese papermaking at the Center. We cooked and beat the fibers, dipped screens into the resulting pulp, and dried our creations in the sun. A beautiful variety of papers...textured and smooth, embossed and layered, some with inclusions of flower petals and other interesting additions were the products of this one-day workshop.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
WEST COAST EXHIBITS
I am heading out to Southern California soon for another showing of my Roots traveling exhibit. It has been in Albuquerque, Durango, Telluride, and now La Jolla, California. Plus 3 suitcases of collage are packed for a special one-day sale. Here's the scoop!
tangling
wrapping
spreading
ROOTS
September 21-November 2, 2013
Opening Reception:
Friday, September 20, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
an exhibit by
MARY ELLEN LONG
Rotunda Gallery
ATHENAEUM
Music & Arts Libary
1008 Wall Street
La Jolla, CA 92037
(858) 454-5872
www.ljathenaeum.org
In addition, a “trunk sale” of Mary Ellen’s collages
(1980-present)
on Saturday, September 28, 4:30 - 6:30 pm
Athenaeum music room (the Roots show can also be seen)
Refreshments
Athenaeum hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5:30pm
Wednesday 10am-8:30pm
Jim Machacek: The Kincade Chronicles is also showing in the Joseph Clayes III Gallery
Sunday, September 1, 2013
SIDEWALK PAPER CLOUD WORKSHOP
Here are a few shots from my workshop in front of the Durango Arts Center. We beat kozo fiber by hand, mixed the pulp with water and formation aid, poured the pulp into stencils of cloud forms (the shapes translated photographically from real clouds), and let the hot pavement and sun dry the papers.
Beating the fiber by hand
Mixing formation aid with the fiber and water
Demonstrating pouring the pulp into the cloud stencils
NEW PUBLISHED BOOK
OFFERINGS, a photographic book that documents my floating handmade circles of handmade paper on bodies of water during my travels over a decade. The "offerings" are meant to be a prayer for the health of the planet. This editioned book is now being shown for the first time during the exhibit about hand papermaking at the Durango Arts Center, "Washi and Other Ephemera"
Floating, Santa Sabina Retreat Center, San Rafael, California, 1998
Preface with sample of handmade paper
Floating, Pingree Park, Northern Colorado, 1997
Floating, Sogi Sui Water Spring, Gujo Hachiman, Japan, 2008
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Washi exhibit opens
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