(stitching by Amy Irwen; background by Erica Durante)
(this is actually a one-piece fold-out booklet using a strip from a Chinese take-out menu)
::Amy Irwen, Rosemount, MN::
I actually said the words "wow" and "how beautiful" out loud when removing these pieces from the envelope. The stitching, which can't be fully appreciated in these scans, is delicately beautiful in itself. The textures of the fabrics, which certainly can't be appreciated visually, are a reminder that though a picture may be worth a thousand words, it still leaves crucial information out, still can't replace—even truly replicate—the act of "being-there."
I'll certainly be trying something of my own along these lines very soon—which is the highest expression of praise that I can give an artist: I want to incorporate the beauty of this work into my own & thereby make it a part of myself, have it inform what I create.
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