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Marilyn Stablein ~ New Mexico
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| Marilyn Stablein: "My work aspires to transform and celebrate minutia, everyday objects, and ephemera. Altered books as well as discarded, recycled or reformatted cultural artifacts, found objects, shamanic tools, ritual objects, green, and ecological artifacts from nature are all found in my work." |
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Notions and Accessories Series:
Marilyn Stablein: "An ongoing series of artist books, Notions and Accessories, explores an artist's whimsical narrative history of needlework, notions, women's antique fashion, and fabric accessories. By utilizing actual found antique objects I hope to honor and celebrate everyday women's historical tools and handiwork." |
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Inflation
A Biased View
By Marilyn Stablein
Albuquerque, New Mexico: Marilyn Stablein, 2009. Edition of 10.
5 x 2.5 x 2.75" closed, extends to 12"; 12 leaves. Single layer flag book. Elephant hide paper. Seam binding tape pages. Color copy. Collage. Collaged and reformatted endpapers using vintage sewing imagery. Thai paper covers. Band closure. Various handmade papers, laser printed title page, and colophon.
Marilyn Stablein: "An assortment of ten multi-colored vintage bias tapes arranged by prices to show inflation over time. The first is 8 cents, the last $2.35. ... endpapers from an original collage of sewing ephemera in my collection"
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Needlebook
By Marilyn Stablein
Albuquerque, New Mexico: Marilyn Stablein, 2009. Series, Variant.
7.125 x 7.625"; 16 unnumbered pages. Collage. Found objects.. Accordion structure. Paper-covered boards.
The collaged pages contain actual sewing ephemera - needles, thread, yarn, a knitting gauge. The collages show items in which this handiwork would have been used: a needlepointed chair seat, children's clothes, quilting. One page has a collage of the thread spool ends tipped on with thread spilling out. There is also a glossary of a needle at the end.
$375
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