Saturday, December 26, 2009

PEACE 2009



Two artistamps close 2009 with the theme of Peace. The stamp in the horizontal format is an update of a typographic design created in 2006. It shares the background color and Cascadia Artpost font with a second stamp in vertical format portraying the sockmonkey LoJack, dressed in a tunic decorated with peace emblems. Sockmonkeys are a popular folk art in parts of the United States that dates from the 1930's, made from socks stuffed in the image of a monkey. The most common sock is the red-heeled "Rockford" work sock manufactured by Fox River Mills (which bought out the former manufacturer, the Nelson Knitting Company) in Rockford, Illinois. The red heel gives the sockmonkey its distinctive red lips.

2 comments:

Found art blog said...

Somebody's been reading my Cooking Post!!!!! (Thank you, thank you!!)

Christine H. said...

If my post office sold sock monkey stamps like this, I 'd be waiting at the door before they opened. I love this!