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sloy, 1943-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1943

Nationality

American

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

Name Rhymes Alphabet Series: d h j k / Sloy., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-42936-44980
Scope and Contents

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of an Ornate Box Turtle. On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "Ahjk." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Name Rhymes Alphabet Series: f S L X M N / Sloy., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-42939-44983
Scope and Contents

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of a Scarlet Kingsnake . On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "(life is but a dream, a mother's song!) (work and no play) Ef, Es, El, Ex, Em, En." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Name Rhymes Alphabet Series: i y / Sloy., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-42940-44984
Scope and Contents

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of a Blue-spotted Salamander. On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "i ? Y ?" -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Name Rhymes Alphabet Series: O O O / Sloy., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-42937-44981
Scope and Contents

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of a Reticulate Collared Lizard. On the verso, Sloy has written the following, "Street." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Name Rhymes Alphabet Series: Q U W / Sloy., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-42935-44979
Scope and Contents

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is an artistic head shot of Andy Warhol. On the verso, Sloy has written the following. "Say Aloud, the names letters thyme. wnd rhymes. Slant rhymes. Sloy rhymes. Name rhymes. Sloy rhymes, the names of letters. Q U W." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Name Rhymes Alphabet Series: r / Sloy., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-42941-44985
Scope and Contents

This is an example of one of the seven rhyming families of letters discovered by Sloy. The card was sent through the mail by Sloy back to Sloy and then sent in an envelope to the Sackners. The postage stamp is a picture of a scarlet Kingsnake. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Patch # 7 embroidered words on raw silk (Sloy's Shroud) / Sloy., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-35266-37000
Scope and Contents

The word that is printed and embroidered is "gangplank." The address to the Sackners is also embroidered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Peace Flowers: Peace Peace Peace Pleez / Sloy; Nichols, Dave., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-43176-45233
Scope and Contents

This is a New Year's greeting card. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Peace / Sloy., 2003

 Item
Identifier: CC-41019-42999
Scope and Contents

The text written by Sloy is "pee'ss" arranged in 16 columns. The pop-up made by her husband Nic in the center of the card depicts the word "peace." It is part of their 50 states series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2003

Radius 25 / Cowan, Ron; Sloy; Nichols D., 2004

 Item
Identifier: CC-42436-44446
Scope and Contents

The article depicts a large photograph of Sloy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

Rebeat. No.1/Spr / Sloy, editor ; Sloy., 1992

 Item
Identifier: CC-33014-34635
Scope and Contents

According to Sloy who donated a set of four issues to the Sackner Archive, there are only about 10 intact sets of this periodical in circulation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

riffs on alphabet + extras / Sloy., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-46048-48756
Scope and Contents

This DVD depicts several calligraphic pieces written on paper. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006

Rock-A-Bye Baby / Sloy; Nichols, Dave., 2005

 Item
Identifier: CC-46051-48759
Scope and Contents

Dave Nichols scored the verso of the cardboard frame with the title in large letters -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2005

scurryfunge, 1999

 Item — Box 287: [Barcode: 31858072460680]
Identifier: CC-49524-70570
Scope and Contents

Sloy did the drawings and Dave made the box which they gifted to the Sackners in memory of their visit to their studio home in 2009. During this first meeting, the Sackners mentioned one of their favorite, unusual words that almost eveyone does at sometime in their house. Scurryfunge is an archaic English word that means "a hasty tidying of the house between the time you see a neighbor and the time she knocks on the door." Sloy liked it so much that she did these fantastic calligraphic drawings that featured this word. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

singsingsing, 2011

 Item — Box 135: [Barcode: 31858072457835]
Identifier: CC-53210-74362
Scope and Contents

The small hand lettering on this collag reads 's i n g' from different angles. When held up to the light a second layer of writing can be seen. The top border is hand cut. The cancelled, red bordered stamps on the poem object commemorate the work of several product designers and are part of the conceptual work of sloy and nic. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2011

sloy's shroud / Sloy., 2006

 Item
Identifier: CC-46047-48755
Scope and Contents

This DVD depicts several embroidered calligraphic pieces. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2006