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This for you petals spring love for Mike

Concrete poetry

Visual poetry

Mail art

Correspondence art

Assemblage (sculpture technique)

Textile art

Fiberwork

Poetry -- Female authors

American poetry -- 20th century

Manila mailer envelope with a small burn hole through multiple layers of piece contains butcher paper wrapped twice around wax paper wrapped around thick off-white paper French-door folded wrapped in pink paper ribbon and frayed white fabric ribbon with gold glitter irregular polka dots. Inside is a folded sheet of Japanese tissue paper with leaves embedded, cut from original envelope opening. Inside Japanese tissue paper is gold metallic string knotted around purple, white, and silver fabric and strings, and rose petals. Title along bottom of Japanese tissue paper.

Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987

Amelia Etlinger Collection (PCMS-0060)

Poetry Collection Manuscripts (State University of New York at Buffalo)

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection

1977-01-17

State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection.

Copyright the Estate of Amelia Etlinger and used with permission. For more information contact the Poetry Collection at lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu.

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Physical Object

Still Image

PCMS-0060_7_24

Clifton Park, New York

1970 - 1986

2015-10-05

Collection open for research.

Amelia Etlinger Collection (LIB-PC010)

3 images

paper, fabric, glitter, metallic string, rose petals

Sent to Mike Belt, donated to the Poetry Collection by Ellen Marie Helinka.

Estate of Amelia Etlinger

fiber art

assemblage

10.5 x 8 x 1 inches