JACK

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Textile Origin Story:

This is a piece I did called Jack, painted in 1996. There were several other paintings in this genre - they were all set up to look like traditional Renaissance botanical and entomology style studies. I really leaned into the detail to make these surreal pieces believable as real specimens. I remember sitting at a bar in Union Station in Washington, DC and showing a friend of a friend a slide of this piece through a view finder. He said, "what the hell is that?" I told him it was a Reticulated Jackalina and that it was now extinct. He replied that he thought it was very cool; he didn't realize he was looking at a painting. I also did a very surreal self portrait at this time - iris petals were painted in place of arms and the irises of the eyes were white, vacant; artist with no hands and no sight (must ponder on that). I always saw Jack as the counterpart to my self portrait. Early on I was motivated to sell them but a close encounter with a potential buyer left me queasy and made me realize that these should stay with me. Only one went out but to a dear friend so I still get to see it. 

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A good notebook can help you with motivation to take more notes, write down ideas, or list future dreams. This custom wire-bound notebook will be a great daily companion whenever you need to put your thoughts down on paper!

• Covers with soft-touch coating
• Cover weight: 10.38 oz/yd² (352 g/m²)
• Page weight: 2.62 oz/yd² (89 g/m²)
• Metal wire-o binding
• 140 dotted pages
• US fulfilled notebooks measure 5.5″ × 8.5″ (13 × 21 cm)
• Blank product sourced from the US and Sweden

This product is made especially for you as soon as you place an order, which is why it takes us a bit longer to deliver it to you. Making products on demand instead of in bulk helps reduce overproduction, so thank you for making thoughtful purchasing decisions!