I have a new series underway called Words for Our Times that has grown out of the current situation in this country. I made this over the last two days. The lettering is far from perfect but it adds a sense of urgency and reflects the rawness I feel. It is made from one sheet of paper from Chino Crafts in Nepal that was torn, lettered, and then reassembled with stitching. There are quotes from Michelle Obama, Mark Twain, Eleanor Roosevelt, J.R.R. Tolkien, Martin Luther King Jr., C.S. Lewis, Robert Green Ingersoll, and Jane Austen.
I have six words definitely chosen and several more under consideration. I also have to figure out how they will hang. This one is temporarily held up with masking tape. I will be looking for places to display them, preferably non-gallery settings with public access, in windows (the light accentuates the texture of the paper and the stitching), and for short periods of time. Any thoughts you have would be most welcome.
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Bless you for finding a way to use your talents to make this peacefully yet strong comment. There's something about the way the paper patches are stitched back to make a whole that shows hope. I do hope you find somewhere to hang them - and look forward to seeing more of this series on your blog.
beautiful statement for this brave new world 2017 is becoming
Thank you Suzanne and Mo. About 2/3 of the way done with the next one-hope. Will start to pursue venues when I am up to 4. Total should be 8.
Is there a way to publish these - as posters, or in book form?
Very inspiring and very beautiful!
Bill Thanks for your kind words. I am looking into ways to distribute them beyond the originals. As of now I'm thinking posters and postcards. A friend who is a pastor is interested in them as postcards to use for mailing campaigns to government officials. Whatever I do I want it to be either more or less self-sustaining or have someone else take care of production and distribution. Besides the fact that I want to spend my time on my own work, my record of follow-through is not good. Actually the fact that I want to spend time on my own work is why my follow-through is so lackluster.
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