The quote used is based on a modified Ray Bradbury quote–Without libraries we have no past and no future.
Tree code seemed like an appropriate choice when thinking about books.
Materials–monoprints, paper, fiber, metal clip, sealant.
Scale–45″ x 5″ x .5″
Quote used–Regret. It piles up around us like books we never read. From the movie Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit.
Monoprint with cotton fiber code.
Old frame that doesn’t quite work.
The Regret piece will be next to the Bamboozled piece. Decided to change the Regret frame to a darker brown.
Fixed up frame.The darker frame looks better with the monoprint and the stitchwork.
Test to determine if a label can be affixed to a panel that does not have a sealant.
The CMC and label have dried, seem affixed.
Yesterday I was dinking around with monoprinting code. I tested transferring laser prints to a gel press. I have been looking for ways to make code that is less stressful on my hands. Embroidery is lovely and I love doing it, but the process has painful results for me.
I cut the prints into code units. I didn’t have many to work with, but I did have enough for my nephew’s first and last name. He has been on my mind because he was born 4/11/73. He would have been 50 years old. When I said goodbye to him he was a mere 17 years old.
I hung the piece next to a piece I made for my mother’s memorial. And the first birthday piece I made for myself.
Birthday Memorial with Clip Hanger
Clip Hanger is dated 11/13/23. My Nephew’s Father’s Birthday is 11/13/52
Monoprint Code–Long Verticals are Dashes; Short Horizontals are Dots; the components with affixed pieces are spacers.
Birthday Memorial Date 50 Years
Materials–paper, paint, ink, clip.
Scale–29″ x 6″ x .75″
I like the result of the monoprint test much more than the simple embroidered piece that I also made.
My Nephew’s name and 50 Years embroidered on paper and affixed to a strip of tree wrap.
The Birthday Piece was relocated. I do enjoy filling narrow spaces.
