This self-portrait silhouette is full of "found poetry." I rescued a severely damaged and abandoned book and upcycled it into fine artwork, selecting a word here and there and piecing them into unique, original poems and stories. Here are a few samples of my poetry:
"one raindrop fell,
and then many,
a perfect circle expanded
perhaps a little breathless
you chose this moment
to kiss me"
"she licked
some rain
from her lips
in slow-motion arcs
a sudden thought
a kiss. a smile.
memory"
"I imagine no more words were necessary"
"just dance.
crazed like fire-flies."
I'll post this on my blog at BookSmithStudio.com shortly, along with more details of my process. What do you think?
Nice, you put a lot of thought and work into this…love the poetry.
Me likey.
Thank-you both! It was very theraputic to make this piece. I had been feeling stuck in a rut, and this was just the project I needed to loosen up and play!
Amazing silhouette – I love your work!
My grandma did stuff like that for her art class one time! It was so cool and so is yours!