library card art set, action and plastics
Four ink and wash paintings on vintage library cards. Each card is 3 x 5 inches and attractively packaged for gift giving, in a clear sleeve with a decorative card top. Library sign-out cards only remain as curiosity items — relics still occasionally found in the back pocket of library books. I take these vintage, obsolete cards and repurpose them as art, making ink paintings that work in concert with the signatures, stamps and marks the cards have acquired over their history and service. The titles of these four cards are … Twelve Men of Action by Arnold Joseph Toynbee (1952) The Military Interpreter by R. Dubuis (1954) Statistical Methods in Structural Mechanics by Vladimir Vasilevich Bolotin (1969) Plastic Theory of Structures by Michael Rena Horne (1972) Library card artworks are fantastic bookmarks (they have an incredible durability), and absolutely shine when framed. They also make great gifts — just tuck one into a Christmas or other greeting card and suddenly you’re send
