yours FOREVER
In a Walmart world where most everything can be had for $10 or less, how do we avoid reinforcing a culture that regards everything is disposable? How do we discourage casual consumerism and reinforce long-term responsibility of ownership? Value. Buy what you LOVE. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Emily Shane upcycles much-loved cast-offs of days past. I LOVE the texture AND how illustrative this work is of falling down the reading “rabbit hole”. (continues below)
“Reader’s Digest Condensed Book covers are my the base material for my mixed-media assemblages. I’m inspired by their vintage look and texture, the rich colors, engaging patterns & surprising beauty –all of which are usually hidden under dust covers! Now fading from the American gestalt, RDCBs speak to the baby-boomer generation as a bygone slice of middle-class life that will never return.” –Emily Shane