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″
Recently completed the books–Deceit and Corruption
Deceit is the green book.
Deceit
The quote 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.
Corruption
There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language. This is another George Orwell quote.
The cover has the code–harmful thoughts dangerous words.
Need to document the pages.
Carl Sagan Quote
One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
The last line is Carl Sagan’s name in code.
Code Used
Materials–paper, tree wrap, fiber, wood, canvas, paint, PVA.
14.5″ x 12.75″ x .75″
I made the frame for a different piece. When it came time to assemble, the frame wasn’t quite right. Nice that it found a new home.
Regret quote from the movie, Shadow Recruit.
Regret. It piles up around us like books we never read.
Paste paper with knit closure and stainless washer.
Page 1, Regret
Page 1, Regret detail
Page 2, .
Page 3, It
Page 4, Piles
Page 5, Up
Page 6, Around
Page 7, Us
Page 8, Like
Page 9, Books
Page 10, We
Page 11, Never
Page 12, Read
Page 13,.
Pocket for List
Materials List
Regret Book, back. Paste Paper.
Materials–paste paper, rust paper, school paper, fiber, metal.
Scale–5″ x 3.25″ x .75″.
I recently ran across a quote that definitely seems relavent today.
The quote 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.
I first thought about making a wallpiece using code with oak leaves and twigs. Just the code portion would have been 45″ x 16″, the addition of a border and frame would have made it more of a commitment of materials and time. Instead, I decided to use a book format.
The layout for the code in book format resulted in 21 pages. Each page is a folded sheet of drawing paper with a core support of a paper-covered piece of cardstock. Felt that the addition of twigs needed some extra support.
The first sentence I used tree wrap for the code with a green paper covered piece of cardstock. The second sentence I used roofing felt for the code and brown packing paper covered cardstock.
We have Coastal Live Oaks in our garden, but I dislike their leaves. They not only prick your skin, they embed and attach to it. I chose to use oak leaves that I purchased from Natures Pressed, an Etsy shop. I used the leaves in several projects; still have a good number left.
Currently the pages are roughly 7″ x 5″ and vary in thickness depending on whether there are twigs attached.
I unfolded the pages and applied CMC. The pages were left to dry overnight.
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
.
Today I used double sided tape, a mix of CMC and PVA to attached the paper covered cardstock inside the pages. The damp of the glue was not a good choice. The last nine pages I switched to using UHU glue. I wrapped each page in wax paper, placed in stacks of three, and placed inside a padded packing envelope. Then weighted with a heavy book.
I am leaning toward an accordion binding with each fold have three pages.
Pages Weighted
I am using the quote on a wallpiece in progress. Bought heavy cardstock for book covers. This little book was my first attempt. The cardstock is 110 lb. Really too thin for when I start making larger books. My plan is to use my favorite old studio shirts, rips and all, as book cloth.
Spacer
Left page–With; Right page–Each
Left page–Passing; Right page–Day
Left page–Comma; Right page–Memories
Left page–Fade; Right page–Period
Left page–Spacer; Right page–Pocket for Note About Work
Pretty sure the next code I use, will be based on dots and dashes of Morse Code. I would like to fill the pages with text.
This code is nice because it has one symbol for each letter. In Morse there are dots, dashes, and combinations of one to four for each letter. Numbers contain five, and punctuation six.
Update
Didn’t like that the inside strips were glued. Stitching is a better idea.
Materials–Paper, Rust, CMC, Archival Glue, Cotton Fiber
Scale–9.7cm x 13cm (19cm with tie closure) x 1.5 cm
Materials–Cotton, Wool, Washers, Safety Pins, Hemp, Hairpins, Tree Wrap, Rust, Wood Glue.
39.75″ x 3″ x .5″
Regret–There are two things that matter. The thing you did that cannot be undone. The thing you did not do, that you should have done.
Work in progress. The pages have been sealed with CMC and will be affixed to a never ending accordion book.
September 20, 2022
Assembled and Drying
The quote is from the film Return to Montauk.
Materials–Paper, bamboo and cotton fiber, rust, CMC, PVA.
Each page is 4.75″ x 3.75″.
Cotter Pin Closure
Cotter Pin Removed
Cotter Pin
Header–Code is Time
Code–P, A, S
36″ Unrolled
Hung near Mr Smith Clock.
Materials–Paper, bamboo fiber, hemp, metal, rust, pencil, PVA.
2.5″ x 36″ x 2″ (rolled)