Tag: mom-box
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Happy Halloween!
Go to page: Happy Halloween!One of the more playful Mom-box pieces, representing mom and her beloved little dog. Mom and I both grew up in the Witch City. I have several stories based there, and might make series out of them. I mean, it was good enough for Hawthorne. If you ever get to visit, I recommend it. Aside…
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[Poetry] Snap, Thud
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Go to page: [Poetry] Snap, ThudOther than you, Mother, what I miss most is the water. Nothing here is as cold as the Atlantic, no smell as sharp or sudden as the sea turn, no sound as sharp as the gulls’ screams, no wind that slices bone-deep and leaves you raw and quivering. Though of course, there is wind –…
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[Artwork] Sun Jumpers
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Go to page: [Artwork] Sun JumpersMy favorite, I think, of the mom-box images. Each card had at least a note on the back, and in some cases, the design would carry from back to front. This quote felt like her.
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[Artwork] Gelatin Plate Monotype
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Go to page: [Artwork] Gelatin Plate MonotypeA mom-box card made from a gelatin plate monotype I had created during a printmaking workshop I took, many years before. Nancy Marculewicz taught the workshop, which was hosted by North Shore Arts of Gloucester (MA). Sadly, her book, Making Monotypes Using a Gelatin Plate, seems to have gone out of print. As printmaking goes,…
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[Poetry] My Mother’s Hair
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Go to page: [Poetry] My Mother’s HairThen, you wore it long and sleek, black and glossy, sometimes hanging down your back to graze your slender waist, but often piled upon your head, pulled back, like a lacquered black frame showing off a geisha print, all clean, bold lines and flawless beauty. I prefer it now, though, soft and silver, whimsical corkscrews,…
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The Mom-box
Go to page: The Mom-boxIn 2014, I embarked on a year-long art project that came to be called the Mom-box. It consisted of 364 hand-made cards, poems, or letters, created for my mother, to remind her daily that I loved her. I put them each in an unmarked card envelope and bought a decorative box at Michaels for them…