Stillwater, Maine
Member for 41 years
HOPE, Emily Dickinson
Gouache lettering on MacGregor handmade paper, illustration of handout snowflake flowers and feathers sewn onto batik fabric. Mermaid Bindery box.
37 x 27 x 8cm
Completed in 2018
For Sale - $3,000
What inspired you to create this work or select this text for your submission?
The current political climate inspired me to create this work. Sometimes poetry is the only consolation - and Emily Dickinson's poem 254 says it all. I buried hope in this box which when opened reveals flowers and feathers made of hand-cut white snowflakes opposite Dickinson's poem.
An internationally recognized lettering and book artist, Nancy Ruth Leavitt has created over 120 contemporary illuminated manuscript books and over 25 editions and collaborative books filled with lettering, poetry, and colorful painting. Her work encompasses the multi-disciplinary studies of art, literature, and history and her work is represented in many prestigious public and private collections around the world. See more of Nancy’s work here.