Rag-picker is a term for someone who makes a living by rummaging through refuse in the streets to collect material for salvage and reuse. Although solely a job for the lowest of the working classes, it was considered an honest occupation.
Well, of course!
And, not only that, but also—fancy this!—another term for rag-picker is chiffonnier. La-di-da!
Today, as studio chiffonnier, I salvage a 2016 'busy & quiet' exercise—itself made of salvaged material. I cut it into a diptych, mount each half on scraps of a wallpaper sample from a 2013 kitchen renovation project, slip each card into a clear protective sleeve.
This chiffonier says, Voilà!
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| And Follow After 4.25 x 5.5" greeting card; acrylic, ink, pencil, and collage abstract 2018 |
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| The Day Together 4.25 x 5.5" greeting card; acrylic, ink, pencil, and collage abstract 2018 |
