Paul Goode's - Moon of Three Rings
Dedicated to Andre Norton
In the spring of 1990, I
decided to make a mobile with all of Andre Norton's book titles etched on glass
tiles. Since Moon of Three Rings was one of my favorite books, I bought a piece
of mahogany wood 1"X17"X17" and cut a moon and three rings out of it and hung
them from a large ring. I then acid-etched the titles of all of Norton's books
(that I knew of at that time) onto 118 glass tiles (1&1/2"X2") that I had
drilled holes into and hung them from the rings. A faceted crystal ball from an
old chandelier hangs from the moon.
In August, I loaded my pickup with the mobile, half of
my Norton collection, my wife and my two daughters and drove the 14 hours to
Winter Park (Orlando area), Florida. I called her up at 11 AM and asked if we
could come visit her. She said to drop by around 3 PM. She graciously greeted us
and I pulled out the mobile and her jaw dropped. I told her that there were
spaces on the rings for 60 more book titles and that whenever she wrote one I
would send her a title tile strung up and ready to hang.
She told me that if she had a hook, she would hang it in
her bay window. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a large hook and hung it
in the bay window and we all took pictures with Andre and the mobile. I brought
out my box of books and told her that my wife only let me bring half of my
collection to get signed and she said "You could have brought them all,"
She filled the last hole a few years before she died and
so I sent her the drill bit to have someone put more holes in it. The mobile
hung in the High Hallack library until it closed.
Note: These Are Thumbnail
Images - click on each to see full-size image.
Completed Mobile as
Delivered to Andre.
Tiles Labeled and ready to
be etched.
Rings being constructed.
Andre and Me under the Moon
of 3 Rings.
Looking Up At the Moon.
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