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Show "Scissor Art" new eye catching display at So. Utah State Library While SUSC students rush in and out of the library during the day w ith more than a few things on their mind, many pass through the main floor foyer without realizing some of the displays that are put out for public enjoyment and viewing. The current display in the SUSC library is an appealing eye catcher that will arouse your interest no matter what is on your mind. It is called "Scissor Art" and was created through the interest and imagination of Mrs. Ella Felstead of Parowan whose patterns and displays make description almost impossible. im-possible. Hours upon hours of tedious work go into her many ideas by the free styled cutting she uses on white pellon material. No set patterns are used, making the flair in her cutting and designing style nothing short of award winning. Mrs. Felstead's ideas with her newly formed Scissor Art is endless. Doilies, scarves, table displays and cloths, pillows, and cushions adorn the display cases. On the library wall hangs several beautiful works of art using black on white and vice-versa, that are handsomely framed. Her prize works are the 30-year-old doll she has turned into a lamp by dressing the doll and lamp with her fancy scissor work, and the white on red quilt hanging from the upper floor into the foyer. The w hite patterns and designs sewn on are the result of weeks of patient, tedious, hand work. Ramona Chamberlain, circulation cir-culation librarian at SUSC, constructed the display in the library. "I used a lot of red backing in the displaying of her Scissor Art because it helped the intricate designs stand out,.and the combination of the colors helped remind everybody that this was the month for valentine's." valen-tine's." Next week in the library, Professor Richard Rowley's Photojournalism class will put their best photography works on display through the end of the quarter. |