Mary Howe

Stonington, Maine

ABZ Bees

Artist Book

Artist Book Maine beekeepers overthrow a 2002 decision by the US Postal Service to end live bee shipments. Cloth covered box and slipcase lined with pastepapers. Three compartments contain bees made of paste paper collage on wire coils, a queen bee, and four miniature books: a pamphlet, coptic, pop-up and flip book.
6-1/4 x 7-3/4 x 2-1/8"

MARY HOWE has been creating book works for ten years in a studio on an island off the coast of Maine. Her focus is one-of-a-kind books, small editions and box making.