2024 PrintAustin Trade, Artist: Elizabeth Claire Schmalzried
Elizabeth Claire Schmalzried
Dallas, TX
A+C, Screenprint
PrintAustin’s annual print trade culminates in this exhibition and print sale. Featuring the work of artists from around the globe, collectors (established and new) can select their favorites from the 12”x12” prints.
“My contribution to the 2024 Print Austin trade is my twist on a traditional Victorian puzzle purse Valentine. The 12 x 12 five layer screen print A + C can be displayed flat or can be folded into its orginal intended form. I have included folding instructions complete with illustrations with each print.
BRIEF HISTORY:
The Puzzle Purse itself has an intriguing history. They first began as Tata -- or flat paper boxes or envelopes which can be dated to Japan's Heian era (782-1185 CE). Tata were used as portable storage for small items such as buttons, pins and needles, clips, or stamps. Fast forward to the early 1700s in England and Colonial America, the Puzzle Purse began to be used as a means of exchanging romantic messages, with its intricate folds and meaningful symbols reflecting on the nature of love and courtship.
Using imagery related to spring, cultivation, growth, hunting, orchards, and love gone array, I aimed to tell a story paired with my original writing of the vulnerability required to make amends and hope that something will blossom and mature into a more beautiful, rich, and brighter story than the past.”
Elizabeth Claire Schmalzried
Dallas, TX
A+C, Screenprint
PrintAustin’s annual print trade culminates in this exhibition and print sale. Featuring the work of artists from around the globe, collectors (established and new) can select their favorites from the 12”x12” prints.
“My contribution to the 2024 Print Austin trade is my twist on a traditional Victorian puzzle purse Valentine. The 12 x 12 five layer screen print A + C can be displayed flat or can be folded into its orginal intended form. I have included folding instructions complete with illustrations with each print.
BRIEF HISTORY:
The Puzzle Purse itself has an intriguing history. They first began as Tata -- or flat paper boxes or envelopes which can be dated to Japan's Heian era (782-1185 CE). Tata were used as portable storage for small items such as buttons, pins and needles, clips, or stamps. Fast forward to the early 1700s in England and Colonial America, the Puzzle Purse began to be used as a means of exchanging romantic messages, with its intricate folds and meaningful symbols reflecting on the nature of love and courtship.
Using imagery related to spring, cultivation, growth, hunting, orchards, and love gone array, I aimed to tell a story paired with my original writing of the vulnerability required to make amends and hope that something will blossom and mature into a more beautiful, rich, and brighter story than the past.”
Elizabeth Claire Schmalzried
Dallas, TX
A+C, Screenprint
PrintAustin’s annual print trade culminates in this exhibition and print sale. Featuring the work of artists from around the globe, collectors (established and new) can select their favorites from the 12”x12” prints.
“My contribution to the 2024 Print Austin trade is my twist on a traditional Victorian puzzle purse Valentine. The 12 x 12 five layer screen print A + C can be displayed flat or can be folded into its orginal intended form. I have included folding instructions complete with illustrations with each print.
BRIEF HISTORY:
The Puzzle Purse itself has an intriguing history. They first began as Tata -- or flat paper boxes or envelopes which can be dated to Japan's Heian era (782-1185 CE). Tata were used as portable storage for small items such as buttons, pins and needles, clips, or stamps. Fast forward to the early 1700s in England and Colonial America, the Puzzle Purse began to be used as a means of exchanging romantic messages, with its intricate folds and meaningful symbols reflecting on the nature of love and courtship.
Using imagery related to spring, cultivation, growth, hunting, orchards, and love gone array, I aimed to tell a story paired with my original writing of the vulnerability required to make amends and hope that something will blossom and mature into a more beautiful, rich, and brighter story than the past.”
