Artist Member
Live a Worthy Life
Maze book
40 x 4.5″ open
Folded 16 x 20” monoprint with silkscreened Emily Dickensen poem
“If I can stop one heart from breaking……I shall not live in vain”
Secret Belgian Binding
7 signatures, covered with Gail’s handmade marbled paper
6.25 x 4.75”
Cityscape
Cut out accordion with silkscreened images
5 x 20”
Gail Hansen 
@gailjerrylee – on Instagram
BIO
Gail Hansen is a Newton and Wellesley-based printmaker and book maker. She studied various printmaking techniques at Bonnie Mineo’s studio in Boston, Zea Mays Printing in Northampton, and Shepherd and Maudsleigh in Newton and book making at Mass Art, Hajosy Arts, Passionato Books in Northampton, Daniel Kelm in Easthampton and Chena River Marblers in Amherst. Since 2011, she has been participating in exhibits at local art associations and galleries, including gallery twist and the Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, winning numerous awards. She has represented the City of Newton arts community by participating in the traveling FenceArt series and the first West Newton Bus Stop Billboard series. She is a member of New England Book Arts, a studio member of Shepherd and Maudsleigh Printmaking Studio, the Monotype Guild of New England, Newton and Needham Open Studios and Newton, Needham and Dedham Art Associations.
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
While I am primarily a printmaker, I learned to make books when looking for a quiet activity to work on at home. Making books is a great way to use certain prints and my handmade marbled paper, as well as, a great way to stay in touch with my book making friends. Most of my books have a theme, often a poem or a fixation on shoes or chickens or hamsters or bees.