Belfast, ME
Top: Rim of Darkness $650
Bottom: Word Flag I and II, $125. SOLD! (But, ask about two other Word Flags that we have in stock.)
To Purchase Contact 23 Sandy Gallery
About this Book - Rim of Darkness
I wanted the background colors to give the feel of a bonfire at night—similar to the way language illuminates us and draws us together. Words are by Rilke, Paz, and Neruda. A printed copy of the words is included. This 2009, hanging, accordion fold book is 63 x 13 5/8 inches open. It is made on paste-decorated paper made with acrylic paints and has hand lettered text in acrylic ink, with woven Tyvek and gold foil. There is a cord in the covers for hanging, the back is protected with Tyvek, and it has a paper case. Unique book. Photo at right is a detail photo. Actual book hangs similar to books shown below.
About this Book - Word Flag I and II
Word Flag I - Brush marks to music form part of the book and then an ancient Chinese quotation on the three arts of poetry, calligraphy and drawing.
Word Flag II - The dancing lines to relate to the Shakespeare quotation, “The poet’s eye in a fine frenzy rolling...” as I give them “a local habitation.”
These hanging, accordion fold books are 60 x 6 inches. The background is acrylic paste paper with hand-lettered text in acrylic ink and sumi ink. There is a cord in the cover for hanging. Unique books in a series.
Artist Biography
Jan Owen is calligrapher and book artist living in Belfast, Maine. She grew up in New York and has lived for many years in Maine. Her work incorporates brush marks, paste decorated papers, and words by various authors. Jan played string bass with the Bangor Symphony for many years and her artwork connects the rhythm of music and writing. She has taught at Haystack School of Crafts in Maine, Sitka Center, Oregon, and Oregon College of Art and Craft. Her work is shown internationally and is in the collections of the Library of Congress, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and in Yale, Wellesley and Harvard Special Collections. She was a recipient of a Maine Artist Fellowship.
All images and text copyright the artist. All rights reserved.
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