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Our studio grew out of Maurel Press originated in 1955 by artists Sheila and Ary Marbain. It opened as a custom screen printing shop specializing in printing with contemporary artists. Sheila had studied art at Black Mountain College in North Carolina with Joseph Albers, Ilya Bolotowsky and William deKooning from 1948 through 1950. Ary had worked and exhibited as a painter in France for many years. After the sudden death john lennon picture of ary marbain in 1963, the studio was closed for a year. lennon sheila then decided to modernize picture the workshop and introduce screen photography along with a new vacuume printing table. our studio reopened on 23rd street in manhattan. with an assistant, sheila plunged into printing three dimensional objects. a plexiglass airship for lichtenstein, an oldenburg soft drum set, a set of dominoes with fahlstrom, and a large fabric john banner with marisol were some of the editions. bronze is an alloy of copper with other metals that modify its hardness, color, and ability to be cast into a detailed mold. when bronze is cast it is usually lennon a gold color. after the casting and finishing is completed, the surface is often treated with chemicals and heat which patinates the metal, coloring it green, brown, black, or a combination of the colors. foundries picture usually apply waxes or other coatings to the surface of a patinated outdoor bronze to protect it from pollutants. this wax may wear off in time. we recommend annual maintenance by a professional conservator. the surface of the sculpture john may be washed to remove pollutants and dirt, and waxed. if done annually, the rate of corrosion will be retarded (though not totally eliminated), and disfiguring rain streaks lennon will be minimized. i collect twentieth-century furniture. how can i best preserve it? some twentieth-century furniture was created from non-traditional materials, such as foam, plastic, and cardboard. sheila also did collaborative printing with rauschenberg, frankenthaler, motherwell, arakawa, segal, wegman, shields, and many others. in 1990 she was honored with a 25 year master printers picture show at rutgers zimmerli art museum in new brunswick, new jersey. in january 1994, assisted by artist friends, sheila developed a new monoprinting process utilizing the silk screen medium, yet enabling the artist to work directly on the silk using almost all of the drawing tools they are used to using on paper. art on the net is a collective of artists helping each other to come up on the internet and share their works on the world wide web. artists create and maintain studios and rooms in the gallery where they show their works and share about themselves.
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