Name: Artwork by Ellen Buchert
SKU: 510729

Artist: Ellen Buchert

Medium: gesso, watercolor, and black and silver inks. The cover papers are painted with acrylic paint

Titles: Carve the Earth. This is the title of a tiny artist's book constructed of board, Arches 140 lb watercolor paper, and collaged cover papers. The front and back of the text block are painted with gesso, watercolor, and black and silver inks. The cover papers are painted with acrylic paint. The text reads: “Glacial geology is simple to deal with . . . . because so much of what the glacier created is preserved. Also, you can go places and see the same processes working. You can go to Antarctica and see continental glaciation. There’s alpine glaciation in Alaska.” Annals of the Former World John McPhee. P. 162.

Make a Joyful Noise. This is the title of a tiny artist's book constructed of board, Arches 140 lb watercolor paper, and collaged cover papers. The front and back of the text block are painted with gesso, watercolor, and black and gold inks. The cover papers are painted with acrylic paint. The text reads: “Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.” Holy Bible, Psalm 100: 1-2.

Sunlight. This is the title of a tiny artist's book constructed of board, Arches 140 lb watercolor paper, and collaged cover papers. The front and back of the text block are painted with gesso, watercolor, and black and gold inks. The cover papers are painted with acrylic paint. The text reads: “...behold! The sun came back to us, and brought one of the most perfect days ever made since Adam was driven out of Paradise.” Passages From The American Note-Books. Nathaniel Hawthorne. P. 315

Reciprocal. This is the title of a tiny artist's book constructed of board, Arches 140 lb watercolor paper, and collaged cover papers. The front and back of the text block are painted with gesso, watercolor, and black and gold inks. The cover papers are painted with acrylic paint. The text reads: “Mr. Thoreau dined with us yesterday . . . . He is a keen and delicate observer of nature, ….and Nature, in return for his love, seems to adopt him as her especial child, and shows him secrets which few others are allowed to witness. Passages From The American Note-Books. Nathaniel Hawthorne. P. 318

Moons Have Names. This is the title of a tiny artist's book constructed of board, Arches 140 lb watercolor paper, and collaged cover papers. The front and back of the text block are painted with gesso, watercolor, and black and silver inks. The cover papers are painted with acrylic paint. The text reads: January, Wolf Moon May, Flower Moon September, Harvest Moon February, Snow Moon June,Strawberry Moon October, Hunter’s Moon March, Sap Moon July, Buck Moon November, Beaver Moon April, Frog Moon August, Green Corn Moon December, Long Night Moon from When the Moon Is Full by Penny Pollock.

Petroleum. This is the title of a tiny artist's book constructed of board, Arches 140 lb watercolor paper, and collaged cover papers. The front and back of the text block are painted with gesso, watercolor, and black and silver inks. The cover papers are painted with acrylic paint. The text reads: “The Senecas rubbed their skins with it. They may have used it for light and heat. The use of petroleum is old in the world. Workmen laid asphalt three thousand years before Jesus Christ. Annals of the Former World John McPhee. P. 249

Blessing. This is the title of a tiny artist's book constructed of board, Arches 140 lb watercolor paper, and collaged cover papers. The front and back of the text block are painted with gesso, watercolor, and black and gold inks. The cover papers are painted with acrylic paint. The text reads: The Lord bless thee, and keep thee; The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee; The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.” Holy Bible Num. 6: 24-26.

About the Artist: Ellen Buchert grew up in New Jersey, and has been drawing, painting, and making books her whole life. She is the illustrator of several books including Alluring Lettuces and Other Seductive Vegetables for Your Garden, and The Illustrated Book of Edible Plants, both by author Jack Staub. She is co-author, with Johanna Buchert Smith, and illustrator of the Story Garden, Cultivating Plants to Nurture Memories. Ellen lives in Provo with her daughter, her dog, cat, and 11 chickens.