Philosophy of 'Making'

Where to find my  FusionDeMaya  products in 2020

Galleries and Museum Stores
The Clearing/Bookstore. Ellison Bay, Door County, Wisconsin    
    ....www.theclearing.org
Peabody Essex Museum Shop, Salem Massachusetts
   .....https://pemshop.com/
Gallery 6-1/2 Bridge Street, Padanaram Village, South Dartmouth Massachusetts
   .....www.facebook.com/6-12-Bridge-Street-Gallery
New Bedford Art Museum Store, New Bedford Massachusetts
   .....newbedfordart.org
Minnesota Textile Center Store, Minneapolis Minnesota
   .....https://textilecentermn.org/artistcall-holidaygallery/
Guilford Art Center Store, Guilford Connecticut
   .....https://guilfordartcenter.org/about-the-shop/
Haute Enchilada Gallery, Moss Landing California
   .....https://www.hauteenchilada.com/

 Fairs and Bazaars:
Cultural Survival Bazaar. Tiverton Rhode Island.  July 25 and 26, 2020
  .....https://bazaar.culturalsurvival.org/    cancelled due to Covid19 online shopping available 
Cultural Survival Bazaar. Cambridge Massachusetts.  date TBA
   .....http://the-art-drive.com/artist/marjorie-durko-puryear/
Minnesota Waldorf School Holiday Fair, St Paul Minnesota.  date TBA
   .....https://mnwaldorf.org/holiday-fair/  cancelled due to Covid19 
Minnesota Textile Center, Holiday Shop. Minneapolis Minnesota. TBA 
   .....https://textilecentermn.org/artistcall-holidaygallery/
Truly one-of-a-kind production.
Fusion De Maya scarves are not woven on long production warps.
They are woven one scarf at a time on traditionally historic backstrap looms that can only accommodate one scarf at a time.
I enjoy designing new color striping. My Maya partners at the textile cooperative dye small quantities of bamboo yarn to match each of my colors. Scarves and shawls are woven by women in their own rural villages. 
I care about creative choices, fair-wage and fair-trade support.

 Fusion De Maya products are not sold online or from a website.  
My scarves and shawls are placed in galleries and museum shops across the country.

 Contact me for more information: mpuryear@umassd.edu 


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Installation views

Installation views
ARC Gallery. Chicago. ORDINARY WORDS Series (unframed pieces). SOUVENIR HANKIE Series (framed pieces). click image for CANTV interview link

NOTES FROM YOU Series. Artworks Gallery. New Bedford, MA

ORDINARY WORDS SERIES

ORDINARY WORDS SERIES
ANCESTRY-ADDRESS BOOK 1. Unframed. Size: 41” x 29.5”. One of five in series. Jacquard woven panel. Digitally altered address book image. Hand-embroidered embellishments. Digitally printed fabric “snapshots” of a 1950s school photo image and altered map sewn to surface.

SOUVENIR HANKIE Series. Four of eight pieces in series. Fuller Craft Museum. Brockton MA.

WRITING LESSONS Series

WRITING LESSONS Series
WRITIING LESSONS - SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. Framed size 22" x 22". layers of vintage handkerchiefs. Page from 19thc. penmanship practice book. Beads. Embroidery.

HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS-RUDE.HUM.BED.

HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS-RUDE.HUM.BED.
6" x 6" miniature. Six pieces in HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE LESSONS Series. Found text. Vintage handkerchief fragment. Hawaiian dictionary cuts. Beads and embroidery embellishments.

SOUVENIR HANKIE SERIES

SOUVENIR HANKIE SERIES
SOUVENIR HANKIE SERIES-GOTHIC QUARTER. One of 7 pieces in series. Found lace hankie, digitally printed map fragment, embroidery

SOUVENIR HANKIE SERIES - CAUTION. digitally manipulated printed image, vintage embroidered hankie. Framed size: 18" x 18".

WRITING LESSONS - SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. detail. Silk handkerchief. Pearl beads. Penmanship book practice page.