10 December 2013

Kona Stains

I visitd Maui in may 2004.  before leaving I went to Hilo Hattie’s to assemble a gift package for my parents. one of the items was a small packet of the store’s “gourmet coffee.”

in nov 2013 I had to pack up the contents of my boyhood home at 429 Winckles St in Elyria. among the things I found was that little packet of coffee which my parents had never opend (they only fixd instant). I put it in my suitcase.  on my first morning back in Santa Fe I brewd the coffee which I servd myself in Mom’s Morris the cat mug. when I was finishd I spread some of the grounds on 10 sheets of her stationery pad.



the next day I removd the coffee. strangely some of the stains are more vibrant than others.




5 comments:

kevin eberhardt said...

That's pretty cool the way you combined Maui w/Elyria. I think there must also be a poem in there, beneath the grounds...

Alex Gildzen said...

"beneath the grounds" is a great title Kevin. I look forward to yr poem.

Anonymous said...

385Very nice. a book? Love the pic also.

Alex Gildzen said...

I guess they're neither prints nor collages in the traditional sense. this documentation for the whole piece will end up as part of a book of other mail art/conceptual work that no one wants to publish.

MjB said...

Alex, I always enjoy your coffee poems and pieces. Take care. ---Mike