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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Goodbye Diamond Match by Ellen Sandbeck
  • Ellen Sandbeck
  • Goodbye Diamond Match, 2017
  • scissors-cut paper
  • 11 x 8.5 x 0 in
  • Signature: The initials " EBS" are cut into the lower lefthand corner of the piece, and the artist's thumbprint is added, in red ink.
  • Inv: DM 1
  • $1,500
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Five layers of paper cut with scissors, and layered so the lower sheets of paper show through holes cut through the upper sheets. The text reads in Mandarin: "China is the future of matches." The piece is about the closing of the last match manufacturing plant in the U.S.

  • Subject Matter: ants and matches
  • Current Location: Duluth, Minnesota

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