SilverCrow Creations - Classic Stationery, Note Cards & Notes
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How we treasure our friends is different for each of us. This unique note card tells those special friend just why they are special. Quoting Jack Kerouac, with text color glowing from yellow to bright orange, just like his thoughts:
zen saying
Please remember that square greeting cards require extra postage.
Printed in USA
22June2008
Price: $2.50 each
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Camp at Sunset Note Card
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Artist Jim Brandenburg is famous for his stunning photographs that capture the beauty and magic of the natural world. He is one of the premier wildlife photographers in the world, and a dedicated environmentalist. He has won numerous international awards for his work.
Jim derives intense satisfaction from his life-long commitment to explore and understand the wilderness. Sharing his love for the natural world and telling its stories are what motivates him during his long treks in the wilderness.
The silence of the woods echoes the so thoughtful sentiment from Henry David Thoreau:
I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Each 5 by 7 inch card is letter-press printed on a textured 100% recycled paper with soy based inks, and is accompanied by an envelope for mailing.
Made in USA
Letterpress Note Card - Happiness
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We just love letterpress cards and letters. The elegance of vintage stationery is all but forgotten. We're simply delighted that some smaller companies are offering the same high-quality papers and designs with a modern touch - so we can offer them to you! The simple design represents the simple sentiment so well. And, of course, because it is letterpress, you can feel the letters with your fingers.
This elegant sentiment from Robert Frost compliments the tree and birds (cold they be crows?) nicely:
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.
The 4 by 5-1/2 inch size is just what you need for those short messages and quick thank you notes.
This special card is letterpress printed with soy ink on FSC-certified, 100% post-consumer recycled paper. It is blank inside and is accompanied by a complimentary envelope.
18February2008
Price: $4.00 each
Block Print Note card - City Night Sparkle with Crystal Accents
Visions of the city at night or day make for an elegant hand-printed card. Rising skyscrapers touch the skies filled with the moon and stars.
Each card is printed front-and back on Italian mould-made paper using an original design from a hand-carved linoleum black, then hand-finished with Austrian crystal rhinestones. The image was inspired by Art Deco design - the first truly international style that flourished during the 1920s and 1930s.
Created by Spotbear Productions, the card measures 3-1/2 by 5-1/4 inches and is accompanied by a matching envelope. The inside is blank for your own message.
19June2008
Price: $3.50 each
Les Chats Note Card
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Twenty-four cats - in almost every conceivable situation or position - grace this cheerful note card. Painted by illustrator and artist Hiroshige, known for his unique and whimsical view of life.
Hiroshige was one of the dominant popular artists of Japan during the early 19th century. His art is renowned for capturing the ordinary person's experience while adding, in a gentle and poetic manner, much more understanding of the subject, whether it be a landscape, a study or a still life. He is recognized for creating and capturing the mood of the moment, as he has done in his feline study.
This 6-3/4 by 4-3/4 note card is accompanied by an envelope for mailing.
Made in France
Le Chat et la Coccinelle (Cat and Ladybird) Note Card
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This curious black cat is delighted to investigate the ladybug on the single blade of grass. Painted by illustrator and artist Claude-Henri Saunier, known for his unique and whimsical view of life.
3June2008
Letterpress Note card - Cat
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We just love letterpress cards and letters. The elegance of vintage stationery is all but forgotten. We're simply delighted that some smaller companies are offering the same high-quality papers and designs with a modern touch - so we can offer them to you! And, of course, because it is letterpress, you can feel the letters with your fingers.
These letterpress notes are printed by hand on antique letterpresses. The illustrations are engraved into magnesium plates. The cards are placed by hand into the press where the images are transferred by relief method, creating an impression you can see and feel. And, just in case we could not identify this fellow, the image is labeled:
cat
The card measures 3-1/2 by 5 inches and is accompanied by a matching pea-green envelope.
2Jun2008
Card and Ornament - Inspiration
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Portland artist Laini Taylor has created these wonderful note card ornaments. This is not only a card, but a gift ornament, too! You really have to see this wonderful card - the illustration does not do justice to such a treat!
This 5 by 7 inch card features a miniature bohemian collage style adornments, framed in a die cut window. The ornament is printed front and back with the image and text. The little ornament is just so very festive with beadwork, wire and ribbon.
The inside of the card has a light pattern, but no words - so you can add your won. Each card is packaged with a colorful string and button envelope. The ornament reads:
I DON'T KNOW WHAT INSPIRATION IS. BUT WHEN IT COMES I HOPE IT FINDS ME WORKING. —Picasso
We hope the same...for us and you!
Imported
31May2008
Grieve Not Notecard
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Susan Mrosek is the astonishing artist of these absolutely wonderful cards! Whether it be loss of a relative, pet or dear one, this message is appropriate. Your friend will know that s/he is not alone:
Grieve not, for I am still at your side, lace through your ribs, reaching for your heart.
The wonderful print of the watercolor painting illustrates this so very expressively on the notecard, which of course is accompanied by an envelope.
Hand Watercolored Greeting Card - may our hands...
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SilverCrow Creations is proud to offer this wonderful work of art that disguises itself as a note card! Created by J.Stone Cards, one by one, each card measures 3-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches, and is individually hand painted in watercolor, then hand-glittered on elegant 100% cotton cream colored card stock with a matching envelope.
The elegant metamorphosis in this painting is unusual and alluring. The peace dove's wing is made of feathers and the other is a human hand. Or, is the hand turning toward peace? Today's world, like any other time, needs such messages as this:
may our hands work toward peace, never harm. may each one of our hands create love - forevermore...
You'll rest assured that your missive will be treasured for years to come when sent inside one of these beautiful works of art
Each J. Stone card/verse/design etc is registered by COPYRIGHT and by TRADEMARK. Federal Law and Good Karma prohibit you from duplicating any of this without explicit permission from J Stone Cards, Inc.
Hand Painted, Glittered & Lettered in USA
29May2008
Crow in Black & White Flowers
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This stunning silhouette was originally cut from a single piece of paper using an X-Acto knife by artist Nikki McClure. The card measures 5 by 7 inches, is blank inside and arrives with a bright white envelope.
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$3.00 Each
Smoke by Mark Twain
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What a fun card for your smoking friends! This 5 by 7 inch blank note card arrives with a brightly colored envelope. Printed in on 10% post consumer waste paper, the front text reads:
'If I cannot smoke in heaven then I shall not go.'Mark Twain
Artist Simon Drew of the UK has also illustrated the back of the card with another lovely duck sticking his head up through a cloud of smoke. It reads:
A Woolley Ode
Carefree and aimless a runner duck appeared, righteous pure and blameless others thought it weird. Leaving in a puff of smoke it never said a word never did explain the joke - elusive irksome bird.
$2.00 Each
Metamorphoses, when it's important
How often it seems that the worst will never be over...that there is no hope...if it is your friend suffering such desperate times, then this card might help, even if just a little.
just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly -proverb
just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly
-proverb
This card measures 5 inches square and arrives with an envelope for mailing. Please remember that square greeting cards require extra postage.
26May2008
Hand Signed Artist Happy New Year Card
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This fine hand-made card has been hand signed by the artist. Created on fine cream colored stationery with a matching envelope, several elegant papers have been hand layered for a truly special appearance. Atop them all is featured a reproduction of a vintage Jewish New Year Greeting with words in Hebrew and in English. The 5 by 7 inch card is hand signed by the artist in the lower right corner. The card is blank inside for your own message for a wonderful year.
17May2008
$4.75 Each
Assurances Note Card
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We sometimes forget why touching is so important, and we forget that those we love just might need to feel us. Debossed by letter press printing in complimentary brown foil, the message, quoting Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, reads:
Ah, how good it feels:the hand of an old friend.
Each 5 by 7 inch card is printed on a textured 100% recycled paper with soy based inks, and is accompanied by an envelope for mailing.
22May2008
Hand Watercolored & Glittered Greeting Card - may peace cup your heart...
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SilverCrow Creations is proud to offer this wonderful work of art that disguises itself as a greeting card! Created by J.Stone Cards, one by one, each card measures 3-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches, and is individually hand painted in watercolor, then hand-glittered on elegant 100% cotton cream colored card stock with a matching envelope.
This is a truly special card for anyone going through a difficult time in life. The sentiment:
may peace cup your heart & hold it gently...
13May2008
Gossiping Ravens Note Card
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Now of course, we love this wonderful group of ravens, gossiping away, or so it seems. Each 4-1/4 by 5-1/4 inch card is printed on a textured recycled paper with soy based inks, and is accompanied by an envelope for mailing.
15May2008
Price: $1.65 each
3D Note Card - MC Escher - Drawing Hands
The only way we can think to describe these is way cool! Working in much the same way as the Currier & Ives stereoviews of the past, these operate on the venerable principle of the stereopticon. The viewer does not use the 3D-TV Glasses with one blue and one red lenses. These cards, instead have a nearly identical image for each lens - and of course, there is a cut-out for your nose. You can even adjust the focus - just squeeze the folded-out card.
There's a space for a short message and the whole card folds flat for mailing in the envelope provided. Perfect for the occasion when a gift is too much and a card too little!
Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) was and is one of the world's most famous graphic artists. The left-handed artist is best known for his impossible structures and amazing three-dimensional woodcuts and drawings. He was consistently fascinated with congruency, perspective and technique: often spending hours experimenting.
Drawing Hands is one of Escher's most recognized works. It is absolutely fascinating that Escher was able to turn flat surfaces (drawings) into such spatially perplexing paradoxes. The hands are drawing the other's cuffs on paper. As they draw the detail in the hand becomes so great it appears to be jumping off the page to drew the other cuff on flat paper!
The original lithograph, produced in 1948, measured 28.2 by 33.2 centimeters.
Made in China
4May2008
Price: $5.95 each
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Naughty Little Peep Show Card: The Mermaid
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This seemingly sweet little card is based on a vintage design. The beautiful mermaid seems quite and demure in the deep of the see. But, there is a tiny little flap in the card - and with a few little movements of the the finger showing through the card, she sends a naughty message. The card is illustrated on the other side with back of the mermaid.
Although this might be a touch risqué, we're pretty sure you'll enjoy the fun of it! The instruction sheet shown in the illustration on the right is included with the card, which is about the size of a postcard. Each card arrives with an envelope.
Made in Shanghai
7May2008
Price: $4.00 Each
Greyhound Carousel Die Cut Note Card
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Merry-go-round animals were often very beautiful, so stunningly painted. The finest were made in America in the first two decades of the 20th century. They were carved in wood and elaborately painted. Carousel animals have great appeal for many of us, not only for their lifelikeness and artistry, but also because they remind us of the freshness of childhood.
It is, and was, a wonderful thing to be able to safely ride on the back of a wondrous greyhound such as this lovely fellow.
Ungreeted inside, this clever notecard features a three-panel card. The die cut greyhound folds forward, the next background panel lifts up and the back panel features a blank area for your own note. The 7 by 5 inch card is accompanied by a silver metallic envelope.
Printed in China
28March2008
Price: $2.95 each
Phrenology Head Die Cut Note Card
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Even if you don't plan on sending this card, it's fun to study!. The card features a die cut human head that has been portioned (or, as modern terminology would have it, compartmentalized) into different areas of use, such as the moral, the perceptive, the animal, etc.
A more complete explanation is printed on the back of the card and descriptions of the individual attributes are printed inside the head!
The science of phrenology was quite the rage for study in the 19th century and this 5-3/4 inch card has been developed from early phrenology writings.
Each card comes with an envelope and there is a space for your own message.
1May2008
Price: $3.00 each
Card and Ornament - Mother's Day Trouble
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My mother had a great deal of trouble with me . . . But I think she enjoyed it. —Mark Twain
What more can we say?
25April2008
Hand Watercolored Greeting Card - i feel what you're going through...
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i feel what you're going through because i've been there myself and though i know how hard it is now i also know you will be better than you were before very soon...
Honor Your Spirit Note Card
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Primarily a writer - with a passion for color, design and form - mary anne radmacher's original writings partner with her artwork which visually represent and accent her words. From her original writings, the card reads:
honor your spirit: listen. embrace your convictions without apology. whisper as the rain.
laugh thunderously. create a day you will long remember.
This lovely notecard is blank inside and, of course, is accompanied by an envelope.
20April2008
Price: $2.75 each
Shall We Dance? Notecard
Susan Mrosek is the astonishing artist of these absolutely wonderful cards! Ah! Romance! The sentiment reads,
"Shall we dance?" he inquired, removing his hat. He was tall, thin and hollowly attractive. I said yes, and from that moment on, centered my attention on Samuel's feet. The dance never ended...we made it all the way to Beijing.
23April2008
Voyager Note Card
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Deborah DeWit Marchant's artistic search began with photography and journal writing. Her photographs capture every day scenes transformed by the light that fascinates her. The card, inspired by this East African saying, reads:
Only the feet of the VOYAGER know the PATH.
Hand Watercolored Greeting Card - Endings are Perfect Places to Rest...
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SilverCrow Creations is proud to offer this wonderful work of art that disguises itself as a greeting card! Created by J.Stone Cards, one by one, each card measures 3-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches, and is individually hand painted in watercolor on elegant 100% cotton cream colored card stock with a matching envelope. A touch of glitter for a soothing accent makes this card ever so much more special.
Sometimes we experience the most awful things, but when they are over, we can rest, and that is good. The lovely restful moon is colored with sunshine as well as night, peaceful in its story. The sentiment on the front allows for a comforting note of your own inside:
endings are perfect places to rest - after great struggle...
26March2008
Hand Watercolored Greeting Card - I Am Willing to Believe...
SilverCrow Creations is proud to offer this wonderful work of art that disguises itself as a greeting card! Created by J.Stone Cards, one by one, each card measures 3-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches, and is individually hand painted in watercolor on elegant 100% cotton cream colored card stock with a matching envelope.
This is a truly special card for anyone going through a difficult time in life. We also think this a wonderful every day greeting as hope is always important. The sentiment:
i am willing to believe something else is possible
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Hand Glittered Note Card - PARIS
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We are absolutely delighted to present this terrific Barbara Schriber Designs notecard. It seems only natural that we'd offer such delightful images that are hand glittered with German glass glitter!
Featuring romantic images of Paris, along with a 10 centimes stamp image, this glorious note card will make any Francophile happy. The shield and postage stamp are annotated, but the featured information is:
17/3/10 PARIS Édition L.C.
The glitter accents are in just the perfect spots to highlight the image! Best of all, once the glitter is exposed to air, it may tarnish, which adds to the vintage feel! Of course, each card is accompanied by a matching envelope.
Because this card is accented with glass glitter, please use care when handling the cards, and of course, such products adorned with glass glitter are not suitable for children.
Handmade in USA
25March2008
Price: $5.50 each
Bloomed Notecard
Susan Mrosek is the astonishing artist of these absolutely wonderful cards! How hard some of us try every day. And, trudging along, sometimes we make it; sometimes we don't; and then - sometimes we soar. This card captures that feeling - just when you need to express it. The sentiment reads,
He'd always looked, but when he looked this time he had bloomed. . . finally reaching his point of purpose. It was without a doubt the brightest year of his life.
17March2008
Magnet Card - Birds and Flowers
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This lovely wish for a beautiful day is a perfect addition to any little card or package. The magnet is a die cut reproduction of an original Victorian greeting. It measures about 2-1/2 inches high and about 4 inches wide, and reads:
May the singing of the birds always be a part of your day.
Re-Added 15March2008
Price $1.75 Each
Letterpress Note card - l'chayim
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This elegant sentiment in light blue letters is appropriate for any time good wishes are warranted, but specifically appropriate for Hannukah:
l'chayim
The literal meaning is:
to life
The 3-1/4 by 5-1/4 inch size is just what you need for those short messages and quick thank you notes.
Price: $2.65 each
Rainbow Note Card
Susan Mrosek is the astonishing artist of these absolutely wonderful cards! How many of our friends and family go unnoticed for their beauty within. We must remember that everyone has a bit of it. This note card celebrates these hidden beauties. The sentiment reads,
They had no way of knowing the color of her eyes, she wore them closed most of the time. So when she left one accidentally cracked open, they were stunned to find a rainbow.
Hand Watercolored Greeting Card - Your Presence in my Life
This is a truly special card for a truly special friend or someone who has made an impact on your life. The sheltering tree and the warmth of the sun accent the lovely sentiment:
your presence in my lifeis as powerful as it is sweet...
22January2008
Hand Glittered Note Card - Easter Circus
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We're not quite sure what trick the chicks and bunnies are doing, but it appears that an elegant little chick girl is a trick bunny rider! The duo is directed by a chick trainer and watched by a little chick holding a glittery egg! The sentiment reads:
Loving Easter Greeting
Greeting Card - Japanese Gardens
Rebecca Pavlenko captures the peace and serenity of Japanese gardens and the serene simplicity of Japanese artifacts in her beautiful, hand-painted Polaroid transfer photographs. Contemplative quotations from great spiritual tinkers complete all of her truly elegant cards.
A serene garden walkway with Zen-like steps is evocative of the sentiment from Zen writings, accented by a tiny chop marker:
Every step of the journey is the journey.
This 5 by 7 inch card is blank in side and is printed with soy based inks on beautiful, textured uncoated 100% recycled paper with 15% post-consumer waste that rivals fine Italian paper. Envelopes are deckled.
Hand Watercolored Greeting Card - Following Your Heart
SilverCrow Creations is proud to offer this wonderful work of art that disguises itself as a greeting card! Created by J.Stone Cards, one by one, each card measures 3-3/4 by 7-1/4 inches, and is individually hand painted in watercolor and hand-glittered on elegant 100% cotton cream colored card stock with a matching envelope.
This special boat might take us anywhere throughout our life's journey, and the hand-lettered sentiment is special advice:
following your heart will cost you dearly but not following your heart will be much more expensive...
19January2008
Hand Glittered Note Card - Serving Up Easter
Our elegant head waiter or maitre d' is serving his favorite Easter dish full of colored eggs! The glitter accents are in just the perfect spots to highlight the image! Best of all, once the glitter is exposed to air, it may tarnish, which adds to the vintage feel! Of course, each card is accompanied by a matching envelope.
Orange Lace Note Card
Susan Mrosek is the astonishing artist of these absolutely wonderful cards! The ties that bind us are often only in or on our minds, bet then again, when they are not, are we not able to transform them into the intricate patterns of lace? The sentiment reads,
She was bound
by the orange lace that lay on her head...
holding her thoughts together.
Imported or Made in USA
07January2008
Stolen Shoes Note Card
Susan Mrosek is the astonishing artist of these absolutely wonderful cards! And, have we not all known Seela? or someone who does so much and makes it look so easy?
We had stolen Seela's shoes, before realizing they were far too vast to fill.
27November2007
Hand Glittered Note Card - A Hard-Luck Crowd
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These sweet little pets - two cats and a dog - have seen better days - they are all tied up with hand-glittered bandages! This makes the perfect card for someone recovering from an accident or suffering from hard luck of any sort.
22December2007
Hand Glittered Note Card - Santy's Assistant
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This little puppy will get you in the spirit of the winter - such a sweet little helper - pulling along a tree in a sleigh! The glitter accents are in just the perfect spots to highlight the image! Best of all, once the glitter is exposed to air, it may tarnish, which adds to the vintage feel! Of course, each of these blank card is accompanied by a matching envelope.
Hand Glittered Note Card - Babies & Stars
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These little babies and stars are ready to carry your message right along. We're particularly fond of the little girl sitting on the happy slice of the moon! The glitter accents are in just the perfect spots to highlight the image! Best of all, once the glitter is exposed to air, it may tarnish, which adds to the vintage feel! Of course, each card is accompanied by a matching envelope.
25November2007
Life is Slippery
So very appropriate for so very many situations - this quote from H. Jackson Brown, Jr.:
life is slippery. here, take my hand.
Send this blank note card for just about any occasion - especially for someone needing encouragement. Please remember that square greeting cards require extra postage.
18November2007
be who You will Note Card
Illustrator dug Nap is famous for his bold style evoking a contemporary burst of living out loud fun! Admittedly slightly twisted, dug creates cards with humorous sayings and renders them with a beautiful, painterly technique. His brushstrokes are worthy of his 16th century muse Lucas Cranach (for whom he named is cat), dug's work is artistically sophisticated and then just plain fun!
On the outside, he declares:
be who You will
The inside is blank for your own message - perfect for a special friend, or someone on the brink of something new!
dug's cards are printed on coated recycled paper with soy-based inks and measure 5 by 7 inches. Of course, an envelope accompanies the card.
16November2007
Hand Watercolored Greeting Card - Rational Explanations
This serenely beautiful card features a blue misty mountain and moon, with the hand-lettered sentiment:
Rational Explanations rarely Ease Feelings
12November2007
Block Print Note card - Thank you Squirrels (with Crystal Acorn)
We once lived in a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area called Squirrel Hill, so, you can be assured that we are quite fond of our bushy-tailed little friends. This card certainly tickled our fancy!
11November2007
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3D Note Card - MC Escher - Still Life and Street
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This black and white card is a reproduction of his famous woodcut Still Life & Street, originally created in 1937. A small street in Savona, Italy, was the inspiration for this special work. Famous for his enigmatic images, in this special work, there are two realities bound together in a seemingly realistic, yet honestly impossible, way. The street is seen from the window. Escher has made the outdoor houses appear as though the indoor books rest upon them. Escher has eliminated the border between the window and the street, allowing all the objects to merge, almost creating another dimension.
27October2007
Elsewhere Note Card