FPAC artist, Laura Davidson is September's featured artist at Made in Fort Point shop. Check out her work at the opening reception tomorrow night, Thursday September 9th from 5-7pm. The reception will host Davidson's work inspired by her recent trip to Italy. Refreshments will be served courtesy of FPAC, Sportello and Sagarinos.
"I’ve been collecting black and white postcards of paintings and buildings for years, mostly from street vendors in Florence, Lucca and Rome. Postcards are keepsakes - reminders of a place and time. Using ink, paint and gold leaf, I have transformed these postcards into personalized souvenirs.
I started making paper mosaics after I watched the restoration of a large mosaic while visiting San Marco in Venice. The restorers had created a “map” of the mosaic pieces by pressing wet paper onto the surface of the stones and glass before restoration began. Someone then painted a representation of each minute detail of the mosaic onto the paper. This would become a guide to where each fragment would be returned to complete the restoration process. My mosaics are created not by cutting up colored bits of paper, but by creating a surface of white bits of paper, then painting the colors." - Laura Davidson (www.lauradavidson.com)
all photos courtesy of Laura Davidson
Made in Fort Point12 Farnesworth Street
Fort Point Boston
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