My Underwood No. 5 was a flea market find, a heavy inelegant paean to the past-- lovely simply for what it was, no longer for what it did. Drawing it became an understanding of the clunky knobs, the exposed innards, the physicality of squeezing and tapping, the sticky springs and keys, the aural ding and zip.
I used dry media and collage: found newspaper and magazine ads of similar vintage to the typewriter, and tin panels from my 1910 Boston kitchen ceiling, so each work became another piece of the experience, poem-like, an elegy to the unheralded workhorse that bridged the eras of pen and computer chip.
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underwood no.5 14"x14" (sold)
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shiftlock balloons 14"x14" (sold)
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dreaming of poetry 13"x13" (sold)
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awaiting inspiration 14"x14" (sold)
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backspacer 10"x10" (sold)
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dawning 13"x13" (sold)
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letter hammers 8"x8" (sold)
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dance 20X14" (sold)
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aerial typescape 14"x14" (sold)
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box seats 18"x12" (sold)
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first day on the job 12"x12"
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perennial garden 20"x20" (sold)
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before the words 20"x20"
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metal poetry 13"x13" (sold)
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moonshadow 12"x12" (sold)
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critic 20"x20"
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giving voice 14"x14" (sold)
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F is for flying dutchman 10"x10" (sold)
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broken d 8.5"x8.5"
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locomotive 12"x12" (sold)
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code-breaker 6"x6" (sold)
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no sale 9.5"x7" (sold)
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perseverence 10"x10" (sold)
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paean 13"x13" (sold)
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P is for petticoat 10"x10" (sold)
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seventy cents 9.5"x7" (sold)
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W is for washer 10"x10" (sold)
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day break 12"x10"
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U is for universal 10"x10"
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space bar 10"x10"
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Typography of language 16"x16"
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wearing apparel, etc. 10"x10"
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unmasking the spiritual 14"x14"
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soft landing 24"x24"