tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23075431856605298162024-03-04T22:04:44.346-06:00Missouri Bend Paper WorksOnce daily, now a weekly posting of found text poems from books in my studio! Selected words on a page of text announce themselves as a poem! Hope you enjoy them!
Please visit my other blog, with a daily posting each weekday, at http://www.missouribendstudio.blogspot.comMissouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comBlogger380125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-9623459247640710362011-05-05T13:36:00.000-05:002011-05-05T13:36:10.220-05:00A Tiny Grain of Dust<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Aui0TTqR7P0FEBEHH7D2fHhhBpUM6c_vd0cblo9gAAulsHHgLt2Vz07zS28o602L6ws9CMgX49kQ4N92JIJvwW14rI9h7dSaoeqfHVrbtG-miFZxd-rl8QpC8Ynwu5x8zWfqKQ5xw1yH/s1600/May+4+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Aui0TTqR7P0FEBEHH7D2fHhhBpUM6c_vd0cblo9gAAulsHHgLt2Vz07zS28o602L6ws9CMgX49kQ4N92JIJvwW14rI9h7dSaoeqfHVrbtG-miFZxd-rl8QpC8Ynwu5x8zWfqKQ5xw1yH/s400/May+4+2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">....work still in progress....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hi Everyone...just a bit late with this post and still, I'm giving you the piece in an unfinished state...at least the text is there. This little work came about through an attempt at following, what turned out to be, kind of complicated instructions (at least for a person so heavily 2-D oriented as I am!) for making an origami folded house from 21 pieces of 2 1/2" x 4" cut text pages. Everything was going along fine...I got all the little pages cut, I folded the first bunch according to directions, but when it came to putting it together and inserting this flap into that flap, while holding it just so, in a feeble attempt to keep the whole thing from falling apart....well, I stuck it out as long as I could. I pretty much had something resembling a house, but it kept falling apart and I think I had extra pieces left, which probably explains why it was falling apart. I realized that my idea of building this little house as the basis for a found text piece was just not going to work, so then I started putting together some of the folded pages in a way that gave me a 2-d house structure and that works just fine...now it's a tiny little altarpiece. I've painted out the original words and added my new found text, which I believe you can read easily enough. More will added...stamping, perhaps some sewing, who knows?!?!?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's the other thing I've come to know...it's now time to merge my two blogs. This blog was started nearly a year and half ago as a daily posting of found text poems, but as some of the early followers will understand, it's been evolving and morphing since its one year anniversary back in January. My other blog, <a href="http://www.missouribendstudio.blogspot.com/">MissouriBendStudio</a>, is involved more with my creative practice, inspirations and new work. Since the found text pieces have ceased to be cut words and phrases laid out on the desk and photographed and each is now an integral part of my creative practice and its own work of art, I think there is no longer a need to keep these two bodies of work separate. Before they were two important, but different, threads in my work, but now it's all one. So, if there are no huge outcries, this will be the last post on this blog and I'll ask those of you who don't already follow it, to head over to <a href="http://www.missouribendstudio.blogspot.com/">MissouriBendStudio</a> to become a follower, so you can continue to see the found text pieces and any guest posts. The bonus, I hope, is that there will be other posts that give you a fuller picture of what happens with my work. This little altarpiece will appear there, perhaps tomorrow, in its finished state!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm so thankful for the support of all the readers and followers of this blog...MissouriBendPaperWorks opened the door for a new chapter in my life as I transitioned into having an online shop on Etsy and making very meaningful connections across the globe through the blog world. I hope that, if you're not already, you'll become a follower of my other blog...see you there tomorrow!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-22945562916186508082011-05-01T15:09:00.000-05:002011-05-01T15:09:56.388-05:00Den Finocchiaro and A Flash of InspirationNot too long ago, I stumbled upon a pretty magical place in my search through Etsy...a shop belonging to the writer, Den Finocchiaro, whose poignant text typed directly on vintage photographs drew me in to take a closer look. While this blog has its roots in found text, I'm really interested in creative use of text and this is a wonderful use of text on found photos. I asked Den if I could post some of his pieces here to highlight his work and his shop. Here's just a sample of a few pieces from his shop, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/DenFinocchiaro">A Flash of Inspiration</a>. I enourage you to visit his shop, as well as his <a href="http:/www.denwrites.com">blog</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/wwwdenwritescom/118794118150860">facebook page</a>. Den has just published a new book, <i>The Z Word,</i>which is available through Amazon <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Z-Word-Dennis-Finocchiaro/dp/1611990084/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1303993303&sr=8-1">here</a>.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Enjoy! See you on Wednesday for the latest from Missouri Bend Studio!</div>Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-31746368020999813072011-04-27T21:50:00.000-05:002011-04-27T21:50:58.009-05:00Gathered Wisdom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23AEd-UpCB5yZZuoK-pGm-e7LEAbpxhGxvLcTYcFpSxrdBRw7Oh6mHela3q172IH6QaW6BFM4XFiOb2ZZdISKJo1Wix2wycOL7eud-qoScMtgBa5J-0wFnWx5oFfJUN_PqhTyooElZi9M/s1600/April+27+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23AEd-UpCB5yZZuoK-pGm-e7LEAbpxhGxvLcTYcFpSxrdBRw7Oh6mHela3q172IH6QaW6BFM4XFiOb2ZZdISKJo1Wix2wycOL7eud-qoScMtgBa5J-0wFnWx5oFfJUN_PqhTyooElZi9M/s400/April+27+2011.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week's found text piece is another scroll on Japanese paper...the outside is a patterned lace paper and the inside has various questions taken from a number of "vintage" books in my studio embedded in teabag paper. I've been collecting these questions as I come across them...some are quite hilarious and when put together create quite a scroll of very important questions...I'm sure we've all asked them...see what you think! The text reads as follows:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Odd looking, isn't it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Do you admire the view?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">How--how long have I been this way?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Do you know its nature?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have you been asleep all these years?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What harm could there be?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What is behind that door?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Naturally--but how will you accomplish it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Can I make it an object to you to alter your mind?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wouldn't it be fun if you could have a nice, gentle ostrich to ride?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have you the pluck to follow me right now?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have you lost your senses?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Chocolates? What chocolates?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tell me, where have you been?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You are fixed with wireless?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Couldn't we just go back to town and celebrate properly?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'll finish this scroll up with a closure in the morning and list it in my Etsy shop...love to have you stop by <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/missouribendstudio">Missouri Bend Studio</a> to view all the found text pieces listed there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Cheers!</div>Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-10501113551134285432011-04-13T21:54:00.000-05:002011-04-13T21:54:36.596-05:00Untitled (April 13, 2011)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweux0X_hRZM-DRwRj0zm-AyESlQ5cU5AjpZ0KKe2bfvnr5RBbIGqv8ZmzGgQ7t9vAV5XPyaNL4y7D-KgQQx8LT8a-2KqosJqVZvhsZLj0nwLLbDs-ibXBdKaLkx6vxUT-Le0RoDK4vj5H/s1600/April+13+2011blog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhweux0X_hRZM-DRwRj0zm-AyESlQ5cU5AjpZ0KKe2bfvnr5RBbIGqv8ZmzGgQ7t9vAV5XPyaNL4y7D-KgQQx8LT8a-2KqosJqVZvhsZLj0nwLLbDs-ibXBdKaLkx6vxUT-Le0RoDK4vj5H/s640/April+13+2011blog.jpg" width="414" /></a></div>Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-47781581098343510742011-04-06T21:07:00.000-05:002011-04-06T21:07:54.284-05:00Still Untitled....A Found Text Set of Instructions for Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFLgxxm3PZXI1MJuFeodCH1-M85OrtTID-3c-EbQEA-ezPSz-oqkWgwkWTVYPa7K8jXivkm3l0KF0m9nMeiC_QHcXmEw721nyzj8GR4gN-gCljJ85eom1tWNwIBqG0nbommCnDC5zuq9Z/s1600/April+6+shot+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFLgxxm3PZXI1MJuFeodCH1-M85OrtTID-3c-EbQEA-ezPSz-oqkWgwkWTVYPa7K8jXivkm3l0KF0m9nMeiC_QHcXmEw721nyzj8GR4gN-gCljJ85eom1tWNwIBqG0nbommCnDC5zuq9Z/s400/April+6+shot+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This found text came from a children's book from the 1950's, I believe, that is filled with short stories and plays meant to be acted out. I found a series of commands that, when strung together, give a pretty good set of instructions for life....if taken with a grain of sand!!! See what you think! The found text is arranged on a 2-inch wide Japanese paper scroll adhered with teabags, still untitled and not quite finished. Should be ready to go and available in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/missouribendstudio">etsy shop</a> tomorrow. The entire text reads:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">watch your thoughts.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">write your name a thousand times.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div>Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-51656322900929894802011-03-30T22:27:00.000-05:002011-03-30T22:27:21.860-05:00Found Poetry Scroll no.1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVCIhWwYxI9npqwCf4RQxUzJPBZ1KVjUfofUqz5VeiEuMJv25MIhh70hiFG1jVZan9jQ79OIbz_ppE6Ow3GgGP4WQsfbA6tJx8Wkqy8-PnQBaHh20CQbOl8l9Wyfx8c4alIhrvJpZXX2T/s1600/Poetry+Scroll+no.1+shot+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFVCIhWwYxI9npqwCf4RQxUzJPBZ1KVjUfofUqz5VeiEuMJv25MIhh70hiFG1jVZan9jQ79OIbz_ppE6Ow3GgGP4WQsfbA6tJx8Wkqy8-PnQBaHh20CQbOl8l9Wyfx8c4alIhrvJpZXX2T/s400/Poetry+Scroll+no.1+shot+3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm experimenting with yet another method for presenting the found text poems as objects and will finish this little scroll up properly and have it for sale in my shop in the next day or so. It's made with cut words sandwiched with bits of teabag on a 2" wide length of Japanese paper adhered with teabags. The poem came from a children's book from many decades ago that is filled with a variety of stories that include multiple choice vocabulary reviews throughout. I selected the words from one of these reviews...it creates quite the whimsical poem! Enjoy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-75848378876603643972011-03-16T20:22:00.000-05:002011-03-16T20:22:47.851-05:00Private Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPmsWgP8FFiZw_W_K0YdQa3d1K7yRZfjflqn8Eg5apo2OZbDG7-gQdgrwLSovSNC_64gr_mTAhvQheRb9-BLVbQfdNPxnpGluKAHvj-5K9VUF26EU6b8JXWNStGFOw4_NW1vdSQv2nKvp/s1600/March+16+2011+Private+Life.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPmsWgP8FFiZw_W_K0YdQa3d1K7yRZfjflqn8Eg5apo2OZbDG7-gQdgrwLSovSNC_64gr_mTAhvQheRb9-BLVbQfdNPxnpGluKAHvj-5K9VUF26EU6b8JXWNStGFOw4_NW1vdSQv2nKvp/s640/March+16+2011+Private+Life.jpg" width="444" /></a></div>Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-91435058737862878772011-03-10T17:04:00.000-06:002011-03-10T17:04:28.560-06:00A New Conclusion to Conclusion!Hi Everyone....I'm getting quite behind schedule these days and am having a hard time, it seems, even getting one poem done each week. But, since I'm already a day late, I thought I might show you how last week's poem evolved. Since the actual poem only occupied the bottom half of the page, I thought it would be a good opportunity to keep going with the piece to see what would happen. So, I dipped it in beeswax and collaged a couple of elements on...a stamped dragonfly on a teabag dipped in beeswax and a cut circle fragment from a printout of an old family photograph from the 1940s. Both are hand sewn to the page...enjoy! More views of this piece are available <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/69759535/conclusion-mixed-media-found-text-poem">here</a>. Actually, all the poem are from this year are available for sale in my Etsy shop <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/missouribendstudio">MissouriBendStudio</a>...enjoy!<br />
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</span>Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-89342119931515931312010-12-31T22:20:00.000-06:002010-12-31T22:20:25.572-06:00The Same Dark Blood Stirring (December 31, 2010)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xqGKtJcz9JaAhZaXAHLAm6kFDSNFa35EQOC_KcA7DugFfg8aRI6avEaT0oY1QuGjouAgK_Zl7b7tn1mQgQlgy93HkgOsu4ZJa_BxxbdBVywOyD87XwgX1Pvwj6ZeVmalp194LAfXMeWm/s1600/December+31+2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4xqGKtJcz9JaAhZaXAHLAm6kFDSNFa35EQOC_KcA7DugFfg8aRI6avEaT0oY1QuGjouAgK_Zl7b7tn1mQgQlgy93HkgOsu4ZJa_BxxbdBVywOyD87XwgX1Pvwj6ZeVmalp194LAfXMeWm/s320/December+31+2010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>the same<br />
dark blood stirring<br />
the rage of the wounded,<br />
we murmured the grace<br />
like an old song,<br />
and slipped through<br />
the stream of the last<br />
fast-going days.Missouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307543185660529816.post-20279786975614368422010-12-30T17:15:00.000-06:002010-12-30T17:15:33.023-06:00A Wild Shriek Of Musketry (December 20, 2010)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ0me8fiWVz7MNTan_PCoLrotGm-yhrT2Q4PNBziiPw6BJeKH_Yr2i6mxQ41LSDBLfS37w9-PHOkzFQafytyAphSJBIUAjnC2_6do9WJ2Ykqw13SOx_sSerP2bw1Rz_0bz9mqJ1ykZwZy/s1600/December+30+2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZ0me8fiWVz7MNTan_PCoLrotGm-yhrT2Q4PNBziiPw6BJeKH_Yr2i6mxQ41LSDBLfS37w9-PHOkzFQafytyAphSJBIUAjnC2_6do9WJ2Ykqw13SOx_sSerP2bw1Rz_0bz9mqJ1ykZwZy/s320/December+30+2010.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>a wild shriek of musketry<br />
into the pines,<br />
knocking over an empty<br />
dream.<br />
try to persuade patience<br />
I will see about<br />
FortificationsMissouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.com0