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Text by Betsy McDonald Moore
Most mornings, Holly Anne Mitchell’s
chocolate lab, Coco, retrieves The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and
two local papers from the sidewalk of their St. Petersburg, Florida, home. After
Holly Anne’s artist’s eye peruses each, she divides the pages into stacks (one
for colored paper, others for black-and-white, newsprint, and comics) and stows
them in a corner of her “organized mess.” But these papers are not destined for
the recycle box. Instead, she will painstakingly transform them into wearable
art—jewelry made from discarded paper.
Primarily a jewelry artist, Holly Anne Mitchell, serves up a plateful of
savings, (a) with what you might call “pa-per
view” wall art—a decorative 9-inch plate made from discarded paper. The plate’s
center is an intricate weave of expired coupons and barcodes.
(b) Friends and family
donate crossword puzzles, daily and Sunday comic strips, copies of The Wall
Street Journal, and barcodes for Holly Anne’s coiled and cut creations. (c) Holly Anne creates paper beads at her
workbench, but later relaxes in a big, comfy chair when she stitches metal beads
to paper. The results are as varied as this brooch of Sunday comics and matte
palladium beads.
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