Artist: Mary Beth Boone

Material: Double sided accordion book on handmade rag paper using letterpress printed relief and pressure prints with antique metal type. Painted papyrus adorns the covers.

Size: 15" x 4"x 4"

A tribute to a birding experience on a cold winter night in February, 2024.

BIO

Mary Beth is a book artist, letterpress printer, and educator living in Greensboro, NC. She began making books and prints over 35 years ago. A Winter Residency at the Penland School of Craft inspired her to locate and purchase a Vandercook SP 15 letterpress. She prints under the imprint Purple Pumpkin Press. Her work is in private and public collections. Mary Beth holds an MFA from the University of SC, Columbia. Spending time in the natural world and applying what she observes to prints and books continues to evolve and change. It's the contemplative aspect of her work that she hopes will promote her audience to ponder their own ideas and perspectives about the interdependent web of life.