Title
This for you petals spring love for Mike
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 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.
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
1977-01-17
Contributor
State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection.
Rights
Copyright the Estate of Amelia Etlinger and used with permission. For more information contact the Poetry Collection at lpo-poetry@buffalo.edu.
Format
image/jpeg
Language
en-US
Type
Physical Object
Still Image
Identifier
PCMS-0060_7_24
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, fabric, glitter, metallic string, rose petals
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
10.5 x 8 x 1 inches
Collection
Tags
Citation
Etlinger, Amelia, 1933-1987, “This for you petals spring love for Mike,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 19, 2019, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/52290.