Saturday, August 7, 2010

Floral Reef

Floral Reef
vintage fabric (1870s), mother-of-pearl cuff-link, vintage buttons, Braille label, archival cotton, acid free artist's canvas
9 x 12 inches
Folk Art by Drew Watson
July 13, 2010
$1,150
 Floral Reef was awarded second prize by a panel of three blind and two sighted judges at The Multi-Sense-Ational Art Contest July 27, 2010 The piece will be on view through December 23rd and is for sale as a donation ($1,150) to Lighthouse of the Bigbend. 
The grouper's eye is from a vintage mother-of-pearl cuff-link, the fabrics date from the 1870's The crab eyes are vintage buttons form my late Grandmother E.E. Watson.
Braille used in panel courtesy Lighthouse International, New York

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