Eràsis in Autographs

Preserved here are several of Eràsis's autograph styles, used from her childhood solo work to the end of her career. Most of her early autograph work uses solely the Narahji alphabet. After the creation of the band Tapestry, she adapted her autograph style to suit the demands of her fan base.

Pictured here is Eràsis's first autograph stamp, which she used between nine and eleven years of age in official contracts and correspondence with the various venues who sought her musical performances. The autograph glyph is based on a prehistoric carving in the Kabsera Caves behind the Great Falls, and her name reads "Eràsis" from right to left. Until Tapestry broke into the international market, Eràsis used only her personal name.

In late 1913 following the creation of Tapestry, her autograph style changes to the band's rounded tapestry icon with her name, still using the Narahji alphabet, below. The following image comes from a museum collection in Menarka. This is the only well-preserved autograph from the band's debut performance at Amasu Gardens, a top-notch performance venue that overlooks the light display on the Great Falls after dark.

Tapestry's popularity increased quickly. By Eràsis's death in 1918, she had developed an alternative signature for her fans who spoke Tveshi instead of Narahji. The blocky style of the band's alternative logo---which they used on packaging only in the Shija and Iturja Provinces---is accompanied by Eràsis's formal name, Aneti, in standard Tveshi. Eràsis frankly communicated her childhood difficulties learning Tveshi throughout her musical career. While she knew three distinct Canyon dialects---Masiŝi, Menarki Narahji, and Kòtsi---and a foreign language, Malzū, she always found Tveshi grammar confusing. According to her drummer, Kadzì, she had chosen that logo to make fun of the boxed, rigid Tveshi language that was ill-suited to communicating through poetry and verse.

As per the publicist's request, Eràsis used the formal name Aneti when dealing with Tveshi fans and venues. In one interview, she claimed that she didn't use it originally "because [people] knew about my mother and what she did when she was my age. That she named me after the conspirator always made me uncomfortable. Besides, 'Aneti' is not a Naraji name. It's Shiji, and I wanted to cultivate my regional audience."

The day Tapestry performed at Kakedi Amphitheater, Eràsis was registered as a tourist at the Riverside Palace. One of the security guards claims to have received an autograph from her. It is remarkably well-preserved: it is only stained because he had been using the paper insert of his music disk as a drink coaster. While the ink did bleed due to the paper's dampness, her Tveshi signature is well-preserved.