Anne Nordhaus-Bike Art

Love Sign

Name: Love Sign
Brand: Anne Nordhaus-Bike Art
Price: 2400.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$2,400.00 USD

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Get the sculpture that "stops traffic"(gently, with humor).

Original: Original mixed media artwork

Signature: Signed by the artist on back of "LOVE" sign

Size: 47.5 inches tall; Love octagon 18.5 inches wide; hexagon base 21 inches deep, point to point (17.5 inches, flat side to flat side)

Ready to display: This freestanding sculpture includes an official, heavy duty traffic delineator tube and weighted base, so it's stable and ready to display immediately. Perfect for enjoying at home or office.

Certified: All original art comes with a certificate of authenticity

Shipping: Original artwork ships free in continental U.S.!

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A Word From Anne

(Not so) absurd traffic sign: what if every stop sign turned pink overnight? And said “Love.” Now THAT’S power...the power of love, art...and Love Sign.

Love Sign “stops traffic” with its direct appeal to “Love” (instead of “Stop”).

Because: To fight anything is to give it power.

Inspired by the Dada art movement of a century ago, Love Sign bypasses modern culture's dead ends (polarity, aggression, control) through humor, non sequitur, irrationality, and the absurd.

In the face of what’s hard and what’s horrid, how about something so soft and gentle it confounds every argument? (And changes the culture.)

Let’s try: crocheting. And text (one of Dada’s favorite tools). And traffic signs.

What if, overnight, every stop sign transformed into a pink crocheted octagon instructing drivers to “LOVE”? If love is the most powerful thing there is, set it loose and see the world change.

Crazy? Absurd? Irrational? I hope so. Let every intersection turn into a love fest/love nest, drivers leaping out to hug each other. Can peace on earth be far behind?

Reclaim love's power. Get this unique sculpture for your home or office and unleash the power of gentleness.

Created With Mixed Media

Double crocheted octagon, pink acrylic yarn; individual white crocheted "LOVE" letters hand sewn onto octagon
Crocheted fabric blocked to 18 inches (flat edge to opposite flat edge), the regulation size for small STOP signs
Velcro strips attached to small sections of needlepoint canvas; canvas hand sewn to back of blocked pink fabric, with corresponding Velcro glued to Fomecor octagon
Fomecor octagon mounted with additional Velcro onto plastic piece screwed into white plastic traffic sign delineator tube (making entire octagon component easily removable for packing or shipping)
Plastic delineator tube, made from low density polyethylene, has arch-shaped handle at top for easy lifting; allows moving sculpture without touching any part except the handle
Black hexagonal base made of recycled rubber; 12-pound base stabilizes sculpture for easy placement wherever you wish