The Stars

The Stars: A New Way To See Them by H.A.Rey, Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, 1952 (1962--Enlarged World-Wide Edition)

Leonard Weisgard (details)

Leonard Weisgard illustration details from Red Light, Green Light (1944), The Little Island (1946), The Night Before Christmas (1949), The Important Book (1949)

m. and u.m.

A couple of years ago, my 7 year old nephew spent the afternoon at my studio. While he was there, I cut shapes out of hardboard with a jigsaw and he painted them. At his request, we made a car, a man, a gun, and two skulls. He let me keep this one.

The Boy Who Had Wings

binding illustration from The Boy Who Had Wings by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Helga Aichinger, Crowell, NY, 1974

Amos, In Search of the Miraculous

Amos & Boris by William Steig, 1971

Bas Jan Ader: In Search Of The Miraculous by Jan Verwoert, Afterall Books, 2006

Bas Jan Ader by Brad Spence, University of California Irvine, 2000

Émile Cohl

Le Retapeur de Cervelles (Brains Repaired) by Émile Cohl, France, 1911

from The International Encyclopedia of Film, edited by R. Manvell & L. Jacobs, Crown, NY, 1972

Richard Boulet: One Long Brutally Mangled Epiphany - Oh Well

Richard Boulet

Epiphany / Epiphany (cross-stitch detail) / Step 1AAAA / Ex Voto / Residual (cross-stitch detail), / Scream Like a Shot Deer / No Longer Homeless / No Longer Homeless (cross-stitch detail) / Subterranean Microscope / Governance

fabric appliqué and cross-stitch, 2004-2005

My involvement with the cross-stitch gives me a tangible feeling of being in the moment plus my thoughts are able to delve into the past, my previous psychotic life before being diagnosed with schizophrenia, and my mental health recovery. I allow for such rumination as, quite frankly, I need to make sense of this schizophrenia situation and give it peace.

With cross-stitch and quilting I feel I am understanding that work learned in a safe home can follow me into the world and add strength to my character to do more than just survive. I can flourish. Is this the traditional quiet message behind all the sewing and stitching created by countless mothers for their families?

-Richard Boulet

Richard Boulet lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta.

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images courtesy of the artist (Thanks Richard!)

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