Several months ago, we visited the studio of our friend Mary Button Durell. Mary, a San Francisco based artist, creates translucent and abstract sculptures using only a single material which is handmade by layering sheets of tracing paper and wheat paste. Her delicate and complex sculptures are reminiscent of cocoons, bee hives, and underwater organisms. Honestly mind blowing and inspiring. Thank you for the day of fun, Mary Button!
(images by Honestly…WTF)
Mary’s sculptures are hauntingly beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing her unique art!
BEAUTIFUL!!!
i love how the light shines through them!
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These are incredible. I was just going to say they remind me of coral.
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The fabrics and the pattern are pretty amazing and seem to erate out of the pure nature. Love Mary’s sculptures!
Great inspiration.
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Such amazing lines!
What a cool idea! I love the colored ones too! She should try putting lights behind/or in some of them, I think it would look really pretty.
What a cool idea! I love the colored ones too! She should try putting lights behind/or in some of them, I think it would look really pretty.
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oh my god soooo cool! have never seen ANYTHING like this before!
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So amazing! The last sculpture is beautiful! You have very talented friends!
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These look so amazing! They look so fragile and organic. It’s incredible.
just wow
I absolutely love her work. I love the light colors and how her art looks almost mineral…
Really reminds me of this artist Tara Donovan, very cool organic shapes from different materials.
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Wow, so delicate and lovely!
I would be delighted to have one of these sculptures in my living room, thanks for the inspiration!
xx Grace
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Absolutely gorgeous. I’m nin love with the two pieces with the fuschia centers. They look like they are glowing from light from within.
these are wonderful, delicate and ancient looking. They reference so many things, yet still seem so elusive. I think some of the feel like pencil shavings.
oh these are so beautiful, to be so talented
I love the real objects. The photos do a superb job.
thank you so much for showing her amazing work. i am from brasil and would not know if was not your blog. love it.
Ethereal and magical.
happy so many more people can see the beautiful magical world of Mary….
wild! they look like deep sea creatures!
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amazing work!! love neutral color with the splash of color. The 7th picture reminds me of a louise bourgeois sculpture.
Wow! I am incredibly amazed!
Thank you everyone for all your wonderful comments about my work!!! I’m honored and inspired. Mary Button
Wow, absolutely remarkable!!! Had no idea I knew such a talented person. Thanks for sharing, I loved viewing each and every one!!! Anne
Double WOW !!
Will love to see them in your Studio!
KEEP creating-Keep trucking
Stevie