The bruises made by a stick or stone will disappear in time; those inflicted by a thoughtless or bitter word may never heal. Eleanor Roosevelt
Who Are You
The Bruises (L) Made By A (R)
Stick or (L) Stone (R)
Will (L) Disappear (R)
In Time; (L) Those (R)
Inflicted (L) By A (R)
Thoughtless (L) Or (R)
Bitter Word (L) May Never (R)
Heal. (L) Notes Envelope (R)
Materials–Paper, rust, paint, fiber
Scale–5.25″ x 4.5″ x .75″
The bruises made by a stick or stone will disappear in time; those inflicted by a thoughtless or bitter word may never heal. Eleanor Roosevelt
The pages need to be stitched together and then a cover added. Planning to use the same packing envelope for the cover that I used for the Hope for Growth book.
Materials–Rust paper, fiber
Rust paper can become fragile during the process. The rust paper was attached to a sheet of paper to add a bit of strength.
Scale–Pages 5″ x 4.25″
Bound with a knitted I-cord and a large pine scale.
Bound Book from Above
Cover is a recycled packing envelope.
Code is Hope for Growth
Each page with bound pine seeds has a piece of tissue for a bit of protection.
The majority of the stitchwork is done in red fiber.
Code is Hope
Code is Hope in tree code based on Morse code.
Hope in Masonic cipher
Hope Line code based on Morse code.
For Growth in Tree code.
Matchbook packet for notes on work.
Pine Cone from One of the Trees in My Garden
Materials–Paper, fiber, pine bits.
Scale–Bound 5.5″ x 4.75″ x 1.25″
Quote Used–The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe. For the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because its handle was wood it was one of them.
When I realized the pages would become a thick book,
I debated about whether it should be a book or a wallpiece. This would have been the layout if I had decided to make a wallpiece.
The first sentence is constructed with green paper; the second sentence with kraft paper.
Because the project was always intended to be a book, I decided to emphasize the thickness by adding twigs for the binding. A twig was bound to each page (two pages back to back).
The binding references a stack of logs.
Originally, this was to be the last page. The code is a period, the end. It is appropriately juxtaposed with the acorn, the hopefulness of a new beginning.
Knitted Binding for the Acorn
Words throughout the book are separated by oak twigs.
The Forest
Left Page–Was; Right Page–Shrinking
Left Page–But; Right Page–The Trees
Left Page–Kept; Right Page–Voting
Left Page–For The Axe; Right Page–.
Left Page–For The Axe; Right Page–Was Clever
Open and Flat on Tabletop
Left Page–And; Right Page–Convinced
Left Page–The Trees; Right Page–That
Left Page–Because; Right Page–Its Handle
Left Page–Was Wood; Right Page–It Was One
Left Page–Of Them; Right Page–Note Envelope
Notes–Quote
Materials-paper, tree wrap, roofing felt, oak twigs, oak leaves, an acorn, fiber, and PVA.
Scale
8.5″ X 6.5″ X 8.5″ when bound
8.5″ x 6″ x 6.75″
George R R Martin quote-Old Stories are like old friends. You have to visit them from time to time.
Old Stories is the rolled and oxidized piece. The piece next to it is one of my See a Penny pieces.
The rust on the piece did get away from me a bit. Less rust would make for an easier read of the code.
Oxidized clip to hold rolled piece.
Removed clip is tucked into one of the oxidized cotter pins at top of piece.
Piece unrolls to 125″. The piece over the lamp is from the *Eroded Contours series. It is bronze and ceramic.
Used the same fixed up paper to make a matchbook like envelope for the notes on the project.
The note paper had to be folded above tuck for the cover. Made an accordion fold with a tab at the top to easily open the accordion.
When the note paper is unfolded, it tucks into the cotter pin at the top for an easy read.
Materials–Paper, Rust, Sheetrock Tape, Fiber, PVA, Metal, Bamboo
Scale–Rolled 27″ x 3″x 4.5″; Unrolled 125″ x 3″ x .25″
Clip was oxidized in a solution of peroxide, white vinegar, and salt.
*Eroded Contours started with the idea, can fired clay embedded in wax survive the bronze casting process and how would bronze with embedded clay function during the glaze process.
I used a George Orwell quote for the interior of the book. There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than the corruption of language.
Cover Code–Harmful Thoughts Dangerous Words
Code Left Side–the; Right Side–Corruption
Materials–Tree Wrap, Roofing Felt, Cardstock, Plaster Tape, Cotton Fiber, Waxed Linen, Stainless Washers, PVA, CMC.
Scale–4.25″ x 3.25″ x 2.25″.
The code inside the book is–The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe. For the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because its handle was wood it was one of them.
The code on the front cover is the word Deceit. The band closure is secured with magnets.
Closure band has pocket for notes on code and materials.
The front cover of the book with a book plate made of roofing felt and tree wrap, and attached with fiber.
The book is an accordion with content on both sides.
The book is arranged with three pages of tree wrap followed by three pages of roofing felt, then repeated. The code is embroidered in basically three colors–dark green used for forest. Cream was used for important words pertaining to the axe and its action. Light green and tan was used for words like, the, and, was.
Materials–Paste paper, rust paper, painters’ paper, roofing felt, tree wrap, magnets, fiber, CMC, PVA.
Scale–5″ x 4.25″ x 1.5″
A couple of tests to see if signatures with a variety of sizes of paper would stay secure. Some of the pages had a single hole.
Lost Memories
Previous post about this book.
I bound signatures into an accordion. Also it was the first time that I attempted to round the corners of the covers.
