Marilyn Stablein
From A Lettrist’s Notebook:
Visual Narratives & Word Games
five excerpts
#1.
On a white background black letters: b, l, m, q, h, o, n, x surround the number eight.
#2.
Rouleau à Pâtisserie
A rolling pin, common kitchen utensil, is covered in dozens of black letters of the alphabet and a few numbers. There are two handles for easy handling and to embed letters into the dough as it is rolled out.
#3.
A Game
Supply the missing word in four common idiomatic expressions that include the noun or the verb ROLL *
               A roll in the ________ (meaning: sexual intercourse)
               Roll up your ________ (meaning: to get to work!)
               A roll of the ________ (gambling term)
               Roll with the ________(boxer’s strategy)
                                                                           * (answers below)
# 4.
Variations on a Theme: Roll and Roller
               roll (n) a pastry bun or biscuit
               roll (v) a way to move the body across a surface
               roll (v) to wind, unwind, roll, unroll
               roller (n) printer’s brayer
               roller (n) cylindrical painter’s brush
               roller (n) metal, foam or plastic hair curlers
               roller (n) pocket device to roll a cigarette paper joint
               roller (n) pastry rolling pin
               roller coaster (n) a popular ride on the Boardwalk
#5.
Composition in Black and White: Numbers & Letters
_____
*answers to the game: hay, sleeves, dice, punches
Marilyn Stablein: artist, poet, essayist, collagist, performance artist, author of thirteen books including a monograph Bind, Alter, Fold: Artist Books (Book Arts Editions) and a Himalayan memoir: Sleeping in Caves (MonkFish Publishers). She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Visit: marilynstablein.com
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Visual Narratives & Word Games
five excerpts
#1.
On a white background black letters: b, l, m, q, h, o, n, x surround the number eight.
#2.
Rouleau à Pâtisserie
A rolling pin, common kitchen utensil, is covered in dozens of black letters of the alphabet and a few numbers. There are two handles for easy handling and to embed letters into the dough as it is rolled out.
#3.
A Game
Supply the missing word in four common idiomatic expressions that include the noun or the verb ROLL *
               A roll in the ________ (meaning: sexual intercourse)
               Roll up your ________ (meaning: to get to work!)
               A roll of the ________ (gambling term)
               Roll with the ________(boxer’s strategy)
                                                                           * (answers below)
# 4.
Variations on a Theme: Roll and Roller
               roll (n) a pastry bun or biscuit
               roll (v) a way to move the body across a surface
               roll (v) to wind, unwind, roll, unroll
               roller (n) printer’s brayer
               roller (n) cylindrical painter’s brush
               roller (n) metal, foam or plastic hair curlers
               roller (n) pocket device to roll a cigarette paper joint
               roller (n) pastry rolling pin
               roller coaster (n) a popular ride on the Boardwalk
#5.
Composition in Black and White: Numbers & Letters
_____
*answers to the game: hay, sleeves, dice, punches
Marilyn Stablein: artist, poet, essayist, collagist, performance artist, author of thirteen books including a monograph Bind, Alter, Fold: Artist Books (Book Arts Editions) and a Himalayan memoir: Sleeping in Caves (MonkFish Publishers). She lives in Portland, Oregon.
Visit: marilynstablein.com
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