“Take Your Time With Me” Mobile — GIFTED

After a break-up, I was particularly sad, and wrote a free-verse poem to get thoughts out of my head.  I had been given a gift card to Michael’s craft store.  Somehow I had the idea to create mobiles.  This was the first.  It’s a beauty — much more durable than you’d imagine.  The frame is made with wire that came surrounded by a burlap-like fabric.  I added parchment paper and suede fabric to create the windows.  The door can open and close.  The front door is set with a copper-wire flower; I used materials from a window winter insulation kit to “set” the flower.  Somehow I created a dowel that rotates, so you can open the door and pull out the scroll to read the poem.    This was purchased by a woman who’s mother had recently moved to a facilitated living home.  It was a hard transition, but both love art.  It now hangs in the mother’s window at her group home.