During the 3rd annual Monson Summer Festival, the streets of the small Maine town were filled with artisans and their work.  At one arts and crafts gallery, The Corner House, EWI artist Sheryl Gordon introduced Monson to a new group of her signature ElderFairies collection.

"This particular group is called the ElderFairies of Lake Hebron," Gordon said, "Monson is known because it is the last leg of the Appalachian trail, and Lake Hebron is the lake on the edge of town."

 Gordon created the ElderFairies in response to the question of why and how our bodies age.  She took the idea of aged tooth fairies and turned them into ElderFairies, mythical creatures that age our bodies while we sleep.

 Two of the drawings she introduced at the festival were "Hikers of the Appalachian Trail" and "Guardian of Slate Quarry," two pieces specifically tied to the town of Monson.  The Corner House, run by Jack and Ruth Dunstan, features handmade baskets, soap, etched glass, leatherwork, and other works by local Maine artists, will exclusively carry the Lake Hebron ElderFairy collection.

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