Writing on translucent materials gives the sense of the layering of our ideas and history. The polyester Hollytex feels both fragile and strong.
The text is an Emily Dickinson poem also written in binary code.
Sewn book with case.
Binary Sonnet
sumi ink, gold acrylic, Hollytex
18 x 52 x 2½ open
© 2011
$400
A layered hanging scroll with the text of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55 hand-lettered and also written in binary code.
Silence of the Night
sumi ink, gold acrylic, Hollytex
14½ x 43 x 2½ open
© 2011
$475
I used several layers of white and black painted Hollytex to create a sense of layers of silence that Thoreau describes. Hand lettered on several layers of Hollytex; hanging scroll. Text by Thoreau, Neruda, Rilke.
Jan Owen is an artist living in Belfast, Maine. Her work incorporates hand lettering, brush marks, paste decorated papers, and words by various authors into hanging books or panels. Her work is shown internationally and is in the collections of the Library of Congress, National Museum of Women in the Arts, and university special collections.
