Erica Mena

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Tying Knots: A language of anxiety

April 1, 2019 by Erica Mena

CW: Ableism, mental illness, lots of personal stuff   How might you read this work. If I tell you that each French knot is a wound, or is wound 3 times with 2 strands of floss around a needle poked first front to back through the postcard, then sewn through the pre-punched hole back to front, and returned through the hole. That each hole is placed individually in relation to the work as a whole as it unfolds. That I […]

Categories: Art, Teaching • Tags: ableism, academia, adjuncting, anxiety, aphantasia, art, borderline, burn out, embroidery, mental health, mental illness, neurodivergence, personal

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Letterpress Art for Sale

August 13, 2013 by Erica Mena

Hi Friends! So I’ve decided to get my act together and put some of the letterpress stuff I’ve been making online. I’ve added a bunch of stuff to my Flickr account and intend to be better about updating my artwork there, so if you’re interested in what I’m making, check it out. And if you ever wanted to buy anything that I make (triceratops notecards, anyone?) check out my new store on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/smartmousepress

Categories: Art • Tags: art, books, broadsides, handmade, letterpress, notecards

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Fortino Sámano by Virginie Lalucq

April 25, 2013 by Erica Mena

This complicated little book is actually two in one – a poem and an “overflowing” of the poem, a poem and its poetic exegesis. The first section is an ekphrastic poem written by Virginie Laluq and translated by Sylvain Gallais, written in response to a photograph of the Mexican guerilla and counterfeiter moments before his execution by firing squad. I have not seen this photograph (in fact, when I googled it while writing this, the page refused to respond, and asked me several […]

Categories: Reading Journal, Translation • Tags: art, cynthia hogue, ekphrasis, fortino samano, jean-lug nancy, philosophy, poetry, sylvain gallais, translation, virginie lalucq

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IT'S ALWAYS SUNSET IN THIS PLACE, 2021. French knots hand embroidered on antique photograph of Punkaharju, Finland. One of the new (k)not work pieces that will be for sale this week.
New work about to be dropped for sale this week. First to my @patreon patrons, then to my email newsletter (link in bio), then here on Instagram. Work from this new w@nder series, and some new (k)not work pieces too.
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