Title
Petal castle time and love
Subject
Concrete poetry
Visual poetry
Mail art
Correspondence art
Assemblage (sculpture technique)
Textile art
Fiberwork
Poetry -- Female authors
American poetry -- 20th century
Description
Manila mailer envelope and tissue wrapped around a French-door folded Japanese paper with jacquard strip around middle to inside fabric with 2 tiger eye stone beads and white thread. Inside packet made up of yellow and blue jacquard wrapped in multiple strands of red, green, and pink threads with paper packet inside. Title is written on outside sheet of marbled paper wrapped and folded multiple times around a bundle of squares of floral printed quilting cotton and a piece of ripped envelope bearing “for you” “Mike” “packet poem” “Amelia.”
Creator
Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987
Source
Amelia Etlinger Collection (PCMS-0060)
Poetry Collection Manuscripts (State University of New York at Buffalo)
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection
Date
1978-06-29
Contributor
State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection.
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
eng
Type
Physical Object
Still Image
Identifier
PCMS-0060_7_20
Coverage
Clifton Park, New York
1970 - 1986
Date Created
2015-10-05
Access Rights
Collection open for research.
Is Part Of
Amelia Etlinger Collection (LIB-PC010)
Extent
3 images
Medium
paper, jacquard fabric, quilting cotton
Provenance
Sent to Mike Belt, donated to the Poetry Collection by Ellen Marie Helinka.
Rights Holder
Estate of Amelia Etlinger
Original Format
fiber art
assemblage
Physical Dimensions
8.5 x 6 inches
Collection
Tags
Citation
Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987, “Petal castle time and love,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 13, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/52287.