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Rose, Karen Rose.

A rose is a rose, is a letter – in this case. This font is created from historical handpainted textile designs. Flowers and leaves are not meant to communicate anything other than their own beauty. Here they deserve a decorative function, and can lend an organic look to a page design. Thin line between abstraction and depiction is fascinating. When does a form refer to an object or idea? Having loved abstract pattern painting, I always stayed away from pictorial representaion. These flower shapes are an interesting departure from my rule.

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