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See some of the library’s books by Nikki McClure ’91, mixed with her original sketches and designs.
Nikki received BS and BA degrees with a focus in Natural History and Writing. On her website, NikkiMcClure.com she writes “I studied ants and drew them (as well as everything else in my environment: birds, trees, flies, nudibranchs) and hung out with artists.”
Nikki made her first papercut in 1996 for a self-published book “Apple”. She has been making papercuts ever since. She has self-published many books and has published a yearly calendar since 1998. She is a writer and/or illustrator of four children’s books published by Abrams Books, including the New York Times Bestseller “All in a Day” by Cynthia Rylant. Sasquatch Books and Chronicle Books also publish her work.
Nikki collaborates with her husband, Jay T. Scott making lamps, and with her son making fern gardens and large holes in dirt. In addition to all this work, she shops at the Olympia Farmers Market, picks berries, swims in wild lakes, and makes an occasional pie.
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