{"product_id":"tapestry-mamou-at-midnight","title":"(framed) Tapestry: Mamou at Midnight","description":"\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003eMamou flowers and seedpods, arranged into a tapestry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eTextiles are a focal point in my travels: I seek out ethnography museums, scour markets, study region-specific symbolism, make note of the most oft-repeated patterns. Visually, I love textiles for their tactile quality; conceptually, I love them for their perfect balance between beauty and function; intellectually, and perhaps most relevant to my paintings, I love them because, across nearly all cultures, ancient textiles acted as a way of writing, in that each pattern or symbol had a corresponding meaning. In this way, a textile becomes like a book, capable of telling a story, serving as a talisman with a specific meaning and purpose for your home. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eAfter visually collecting and taking note of textiles in my travels-- notably in Turkey, Serbia, and Ukraine-- I started using them as a motif in my own work. I love how they create a frame-within-a-frame, how the edges create a second window (after the paper itself) into which the viewer can gaze. I found the tapestry conceit helpful in exploring new ways to enjoy oft-used Louisiana symbols : the repetition, the bilateral mirror effect, the symmetry, all pushed me to re-examine the objects, to think of them as geometric shapes and forms above anything else. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eSize : 7x10”, framed to 12x15.5”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eMaterials : watercolor and ink on 100% cotton cold-press paper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eFlat rate $5 shipping (on domestic orders only, please. If you live elsewhere please contact me to arrange shipping cos\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Emma Fick Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47269711675649,"sku":"10","price":420.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/5736\/9857\/files\/image_1dac7c34-343d-463d-9c9a-8062a9442e35.png?v=1782418866","url":"https:\/\/emma-fick-art.myshopify.com\/products\/tapestry-mamou-at-midnight","provider":"Emma Fick Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}