Mary Heebner

1-On the Blue Shore of Silence: Poems of the Sea by Pablo Neruda
artists book, ed. 50. with pulp painted chemise, handmade linen paper, letterpress

2-The Tragic HIstory of Hamlet: a visual interpretation of the classic text by Wm. Shakespeare. artists book, ed. 20 pulp-painting, stencil, watermarks, flax+abaca 2-sided chemise, 20 pigment prints, letterpress.

3-The Tragic HIstory of Hamlet: an artist's interpretation of the classic text by Wm Shakespeare. ed. 20 Final page with watermark, letterpress.

4-A Sacred Geography: Sonnets of the HImalaya and Tibet artists book ed. 25 copies 12 handmade pulp painted folios with debossing, chine colle, letterpress, in clamshell box with chapbook. Sonnets by Sienna Craig.

5-Cyclade:Skin No. 1
overbeaten air dried handmade abaca sheets, collaged together and burnished with earth-pigments

MARY HEEBNER – ARTISTS STATEMENT:

  Through my art, I seek connection with the oldest made things and
with the soil from which they were shaped. For over thirty years,
physical place has been a wellspring of inspiration: this includes the
Pacific Ocean’s deckled edge from North to South America; the temple
ruins of Southeast Asia; the ancient cave art sites of Southwestern
France; Patagonia and Iceland’s rugged terrain, and the that of the
Himalaya. Travel increases my sense of humanity, makes me take
risks, reveals and undermines my prejudices, and stretches my
conceptions about art.

  I find that an intense experience in a natural site — the smells,
feel, touch and cultural memory — imbues the place with a
sacredness that demands something of me. In my practice I employ
various media and means to touch the nerve and glimpse at the
mystery of being alive and connected to land and people across time.
I try to evoke a sense of place through my paintings, collages,
handmade paper, photography and fine art books. I try to notice
what is vivid and link that with a sensual and well-crafted process.