This next Liberty Snake, for the rights of the working class, was created with rollers, stamps and stippling.
For the first time, I wrote the slogan free hand because my letter stenciling was a bit too large to fit on this nine foot long snake. All but these last two are twelve feet long. It seems that I ran just a little short of muslin so made the last two snakes a yard shorter than the rest. Nine feet is still ample room for rich colors and intricate designs.
The stamp that I used is a repeat design, which links up to create a larger pattern. This was printed multiple times over a painted surface with modulated green and blue tonalities.
After the stamped patterns were completely dry, I repainted the dots in bright blue, orange, yellows and earth reds.
The slogan about working class Americans reflects my concern about the staggering increase in income inequality and the disappearance of a living wage. Would making America embrace fairness be such a bad idea?
Resources:
https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/simple-chart-shows-economists-consider-133447506.html
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