7 posts tagged “etsy”

A Little White Shadow

Mary Ruefle

I've lately been loving A Little White Shadow, by Mary Ruefle. She took a book by the same name, published in 1889, and strategically whited out swathes of the original text. What is left behind comprises poetry. 

It's not quite the same as radi os, in which Ronald Johnson pruned a new text from the first four books of Paradise Lost. That was a single coherent piece, while A Little White Shadow is all bits and shards.

And it is not entirely like A Humument, which is more visual.

I was also reminded of John Clark's film noir-inspired mystery novel portraits, which you can buy by the page from his Etsy shop.

I don't read a lot of poetry - there are only so many hours in a day - so perhaps this seems more fresh and new to me than it does to readers who are less naive. But I've been loving it, so there it is.

Squeeeeking in just under the wire with today's post! Sorry, guys - sometimes, life gets in the way of our very best intentions.

White Knitware Cups by Alyssa Ettinger

There's a word I'm looking for - not trompe de l'oeil - that means an object that is made to look like it was crafted in another way, like the way the Whitman sampler box looks cross-stitched, or these cups look like they are made of yarn. It's been on the tip of my tongue for days, but I just can't quite seem to remember what it is. So maddening!
 

Wow, I have been on a somber kick lately, haven't I? First the little charred craters of Georgi Tushev's work, then Marci Washington (although her pieces do have a vibrancy not captured in the tiny thumbnails), and most recently, that story by Lorrie Moore? Seriously, it's past due time to brighten things up a bit, and what better way to do it than with pretty earrings?

• Prehnite earrings by Bluebird Designs. $24.00. (Bluebird Designs is here on Vox as well - check out the gorgeous pictures of her work!)
  
• Tangerine earrings by Starry Designs. $13.90.
• Abundances earrings by DorisWorks. $28.00.