ANNUAL OPEN STUDIO

OPEN HOUSE AND STUDIO SALE

MARY ELLEN LONG

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

DECEMBER 6 & 7

10-4

209 EL DIENTE DRIVE

EDGEMONT

259-4363

PAPERWORKS

COLLAGE, SCULPTURE, PRINTS, DRAWINGS

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PAINTINGS, ART OBJECTS, BOX ART, ARTISTS’ BOOKS

WINTER SOLSTICE ARTISANS' MARKET

Have a little corner at the Durango Arts Center opening tonight 5-7.  Repurposed Shintai cast paper baskets and a selection of my Nature Bundles (combinations of found materials - nature conversations!

RECENT ARTISTS' BOOK PLACEMENTS

This fall a number of my one-of-a-kind artists' books have found a permanent home in the Special Collections Library of Baylor University in Texas.  They were sold through Abecedarian Gallery's recent exhibit "Pulp Mastery", in which my work and the work of Melissa Jay Craigs was featured.

Four of my editioned books were also placed in the collection.

 Shintai Book

 Shintai Pages

 Shintai Scrolls

 Sand Games

 Forest Stories:Snake

 Arroyo Roots

Wasp Maze
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NEW INSTALLATION

"Through the Forest" an installation using nature-altered oriental spirit papers is part of the Members Exhibit at the Durango Arts Center for the month. The papers were laid along a forest trail held by a stone throughout the winter.  In the spring, the harvest revealed the change that this collaboration with nature and time created

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