JAN from Juliana -- street mosaic

 

Juliana included a very fun letter in this envelope explaining that she was overwhelmed with the amount of markers and pens that have accumulated in her house. She used the testing of markers and pens to see if they were dried beyond usefulness as a fun way to decorate her January envelopes. If I had time to slog through the 6,000 envelopes on the blog I think I could find a few where I, too, did some marker testing. I do not recall any of mine turning out this nicely. It's a very pretty design. My contribution is the tidy little address that fits so beautifully and leaves just the right amount of white space.

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Back in 2019,  this mosaic appeared in the street right where my daughter lives and where I visit so often. She knew I would love it - and I'm not sure how we learned about the *street artist* who was filling potholes in Chicago. It was there for a couple years and then one day the city pulled it up and did a regular repair. I was so sad when it was gone - but happy that there was one for us to enjoy for a while. 

Whenever I visited, I would get a little wistful every time I walked by the replacement patch, which was often, because they live close to shops, school, CVS, etc and I'm always out on walking errands. I thought I had posted this on the blog, but couldn't find it. Also, I had not thought of finding out how the artist is doing. Then, one of his works popped up on IG - and I am happy to report that business is booming. 

LINK to Jim Bachor's website

LINK to Jim Bachor's IG

I wish I had included something in the photo for scale.