I'm interested in learning about the history of the craft know today
by several names, including:
Fuzzy Art, Vivid Velvet, Velvet Art, and Fuzzy Treasures.
This craft is basically just coloring, but with a twist. Instead of
the art you color being ink on paper, it is velvet on paper (or poster
board really). The lines in the art are actually thick lines of black
flocking.
So in between the lines of the art you have non-flocked areas that are
meant to be colored. The velvet lines essentially are little walls
that keep your markers in the coloring areas. Also, if you
accidentally draw in the velvet areas, the color doesn't show. This
essentially makes the coloring easy, especially for kids, which is
what the craft is marketed to.
I hope I have explained it well, here is a link to a place you can buy
it on the web. There is a photo so you can get a general idea if
you're still confused:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/alekazanders/creatkidvela.html
Basically I just want to know the history of the craft. I hear it has
been around for several decades and that it is recently making a
comeback, but that's about the extent of my knowledge. When and where
was it first created? Who was it marketed to originally? In what
decades was it popular? Was the first piece of are really
a velvet Elvis? : ) Those kind of answers are what I'm looking for.
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Request for Question Clarification by
jbf777-ga
on
06 Feb 2003 13:50 PST
Hi meggie-ga,
This has been tricky, but interesting one to research! Let me know if
you need more information.
Western Graphics of Eugene Oregon is a pioneer in "fuzzy posters,"
having developed its product in the mid 1980's as an offshoot from a
similar "black-light" flocked poster concept of the 1960's. They own
a copyright on the name "fuzzy posters." According to the company,
they're not aware of anyone doing it before them domestically. A
representative who has been with the company since the mid 1970's says
that the concept has generally grown in popularity since they've
started developing it. They are unaware of an "Elvis" design. This
flocked-coloring concept has, since its inception, been targeted
commercially toward children. A notable dealer whom they wholesale to
is called "Rose Art."
I also made a contact with "Velvet Art," a company based in the United
Kingdom
that has a very "home-based" feel to its setup. They claim to have
been one of the originators of the product in the UK, again from the
1980's. A rep from this company briefly mentioned a possible
technological origin of fleece/poster implementation in connection
with Germany in the 1960's, but had no more information to this
effect.
jbf777-ga
GA Researcher
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