Under the Bloom

                                                                                                                                                                            s. glidden photo        

For the past year I have been sitting under a large paper bloom and so far it hasn't wilted. It hangs silently above my office/studio desk except when breezes from the nearby open window rush in and blow at the petals making a soft crackling sound. This creation is one of many I fashioned from a heap of old print paper! Two years ago I created four of these for a garden party. They were attached to shed doors and patio walls and were mesmerizing alongside the white and gold balloons. Isn't it amazing how art can improve our surroundings...change the whole atmosphere from mundane to magical?