Ellen Sandbeck

Ellen Sandbeck

Duluth, Minnesota

Papercut artist, environmental writer/illustrator, organic landscaper, and vermicomposting specialist, who has lived and worked in California and Minnesota.

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Endangered Midsummer Night's Dream by Ellen Sandbeck
  • Ellen Sandbeck
  • Endangered Midsummer Night's Dream, 2018
  • scissors-cut paper
  • 17 x 11 x 0 in
  • Signature: The piece is signed with the artist's initials cut into the paper at the bottom righthand corner of the piece.
  • Inv: EMND1
  • $2,200
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Six-layers of scissors-cut paper. The subjects are all endangered species that refer back to characters in Shakespeare's play, " A Midsummer Night's Dream." The lizard: Sceloporus oberon; the butterfly: Boloria titania; the Social Sprite bat, Arielulus societatus; the Cobweb spider, Sesato setosa; the Peaseblossoms, Swainsonia recta; and the African Wild Ass, Equus africanus.

  • Subject Matter: Nature, fantasy
  • Current Location: Duluth, Minnesota

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