Happiness
date: label: Date
content: 2007
name: label: Artist
content: Ira Blount
notes: label: Caption
content: A blue origami kimono features a pattern of flowers and butterflies with metallic gold accents. Light blue beads form a necklace around the collar of the traditional Japanese garment. To the right, the artist has written kimono in script above his signature and the date. On the left, he included the Kanji character for "good fortune" above the word "happiness." This mounted origami work draws on mixed materials, techniques, and cultural signifiers to visually honor a Japanese traditional craft.
label: Caption
content: After moving to Washington, DC following World War II, Ira Blount mastered dozens of artisanal crafts. His love for crafting, learning, and community engagement would endure over the course of his long life and career.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Gift of Ira Blount
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2011.0004.0090
objectType: label: Type
content: origami
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: origami paper, plastic beads, cardstock
label: Dimensions
content: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)