Museum of Arts and Culture to feature Ely's work

A jar of beads made from the human bones of the Tibetan dead sits on the counter. Scarlet cubes of 150-year-old vermilion sit in a small box. The rich brown dust of a meteorite collects in a jar, next to an animal skull and a dirty, solid piece of melted scrap silver.

In the crowded third floor garret of his historic Colfax home, nationally known artist Timothy Ely daily uses a kaleidoscope of earthly supplies to do what he does best; bind books, decorate them and sell them.

Beginning Dec. 4, a display of 40 of Ely's famous books will be shown in a four-month exhibit at the Northwest Museum of...