I am happy to announce that a newly designed poster of Self Portrait: A Personal History of Fashion is available in my Etsy Shop. When the first edition sold out a few years ago, I thought that would be it. But, this piece continues to resonate with a lot of people and I regularly receive requests to reprint the poster. So, here it is, back by popular demand!
The 18″ x 24″ high quality reproduction is off-set printed on extra thick gloss cover 100 lb. paper. The poster will be rolled and shipped in a heavy duty mailing tube. As with most items in my shop, shipping is FREE within the United States.
Here I am in 2007 at the Woods Hole Public Library, where the framed original bas-relief embroidered sculpture is on semi-permanent display. The Self Portrait is a time-line of my life from birth to age 52, with a spiral of dolls dressed in outfits I would have worn each year. When choosing the fashions, I relied on family photographs and personal recollections. Since the clothes are so tiny (the dolls range from 1″ to 3″), I had to embroider felt or find fabrics with prints that fit their small scale.
As well as clothing memories, we all have a personal soundtrack that goes with different times in our lives. This video is a nostalgic tour through fashion and music that my husband Rob and I put together. At the end, there’s a list of the music.
I’m glad to once again offer the Self Portrait in the poster section of my Etsy Shop. These affordable reproductions are the next best thing to seeing the original embroidered pieces. A customer just wrote a 5 star review about the Birds of Beebe Woods poster, saying “Absolutely excellent photo quality. Love it!”
For those of you in the Boston area, I will be speaking in Watertown in October. This event is open to the public, with a $10.00 guest fee for non-members of the Quilters’ Connection. I hope to meet you there!
- Salley Mavor will give a lecture about her art at Quilters’ Connection
- Date: Thursday, October 24, 2019
- Location: St. James Armenian Church, 465 Mount Auburn Street, Watertown, MA
- Time: Doors open at 6:00 PM, meeting starts at 7:00 PM.
- $10.00 guest fee for non Quilters’ Connection members
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SALLEY MAVOR 
J’adore tous vos ouvrages, c’est magnifique. Merci pour ce partage.
Thank you so MUCH! this is wonderful.
Re Shipping: (Please forward to the appropriate email address)
Can you ship multiple posters in one tube, for the price of one?
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Yes, up to 3 posters can be rolled together and sent in the same tube. The cost depends on their combined weight. You are in Canada, right? When you order, the shipping charges are automatically increased for each item. I will reimburse you for the overcharge after the order comes in.
What a great warm photo. It captures you in your relaxed state, and you look great.
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This self-portrait is my favorite piece of all you’ve done. Everything you do is just beautiful, but the self-portrait is SO original, and clever. I Love it, and I’m thrilled to know I can buy one for myself. Thank you!!