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#50 Anne M Bray, 2D Visual Artist / Surface Designer / Educator

Anne M Bray,
2D Visual Artist / Surface Designer / Educator

Indian Water Buffalo Sandals, hand painted by my friend Patucci in the 80s? 90s?

I ordered my first pair from an ad in the New Yorker in 1970 or so. I was so happy to hippie-fy my feet.

This particular pair are in my collection of unwearables — you can see the right sole is wearing out and they're too precious to damage further.

They remind me of the days as a brazen teenager, marching to my own beat.

I'm claiming that beat loud and clear and I seem to be circling back to creative pursuits discovered then: weaving and other analog textile arts, shoe making, silkscreening -- will modern dance be next?