Little Sewing Box With Monograms

Buenes Aires: Marina Soria, 2016. Fine. Unique. An engaging and personal work by world renowned calligrapher and book artist Marina Soria. It is a light blue wooden box with a glass window that opens to reveal calligraphic text and monograms done in watercolor and gouache on Strathmore paper. It is decorated with compartments containing old sewing threads and nibs. There is also a found object - a delicately embroidered white handkerchief. The artists writes: "The monograms are made from the initials of my daughters and my husband´s names. My daughters: MFJ: Mora Fernández Jurado / CFJ: Catalina Fernández Jurado / MFJ: Marina Fernández Jurado. GFJ: Gustavo Fernández Jurado. My monogram is at the back of the box: MS The text is a quote my granny used to say to me when I was a child. The original text is in Spanish "Cosiendo y descosiendo la niña va aprendiendo" Translation: "stitching and unstitching the little girl keeps on learning." In fine condition. Measures 32.5 x 12 x 3 cm.

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Marina Soria is a seasoned artist and educator with degrees in Fine Arts and Graphic Design. Not content to just immerse herself in learning calligraphy at international conferences, and through courses with renown calligraphers, she studied Eastern principles of Beauty in sumi-e (Japanese painting). She distilled and blended these principles with her rich experience and background in the fine arts, typography and graphic arts, employing unique approaches and techniques. She has also dabbled in the textile arts, creating a metaphor for weaving; letters as stitches and text as if it were a textile. Her works, vibrating with a love for nature and exploding with life and color, can be found in calligraphy collections in museums, universities, and libraries in the U.S., Europe, and South America. Marina has received numerous national and international awards, and has been featured widely in calligraphic arts publications. A prolific artist, experimental calligrapher, book artist, and educator, her goal is to mingle diverse disciplines to challenge the limits of conceptual art and technique. ARTISTSB/070522.