Médallion de la Noblesse
An opulent blend of paper and process. This series features envelopes lined with marbled paper, done by hand, in the Italian style, and is combined with letterpress printed busts and borders framed by a die-cut paper frame.
Hemingway said,
“There is nothing noble about being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.”
Inspired by the gilded cover art of a volume of the complete works of the Indiana born poet, James Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet of the gilded age.
Foiled and embossed, this card is a small tribute the fastidious and humble work ethic of the honey bee as well as the farmer and gardener to whom reap the bounty of the pollinator’s work.