Materials–monoprints, printed quote labels, fiber, pit-fired beads, ink, sealant.
Scale–1.5″ x 3.5″ x .5″
Materials–monoprints, printed quote labels, fiber, pit-fired beads, ink, sealant.
Scale–1.5″ x 3.5″ x .5″
There are people who can leave an indelible mark on your soul,
an imprint that can never be erased.
Indelible Mark
Long lines represent dashes and short lines represent dots.
There are people
who can
leave an
indelible
mark on your
soul,
an imprint
that can
never be
erased.
Note Envelope
Details
Orange–Dots, Grey–Dashes, Black–Spacers
Materials–monoprints, paper, paint, packing tape, fiber, PVA, tape, metal.
Scale–5″ x 7″ x 1.75″
Materials–monoprints, paper, fiber, PVA.
Scale–3.5″ x 2.75″ x .5″
When you start to wonder if you can trust someone or not, that is when you already know you don’t.
Raw Linen and Pit Fired Bead Closure
Back
Unbound
When You
Left–Start To; Right–Wonder
While writing this post, I realized the code on the next pages is incorrect. The first clue was when I paused to read it and it didn’t make sense. A closer look, I found that the code is from the bottom to top. The page was bound in upside down and back to front.
Repairing the book will be a challenge. I bound the pages together at the fold, then used PVA to glue them together. What I thought was a nice little book has now become something else.
Will the pages survive being pried apart to bind the book together?
Left–If You
Left–Can Trust; Right–Someone
Right–Or Not
Left–Comma; Right–That Is
Left–When You; Right–Already
Left–Know You; Right–Don’t
Right–Period
Notes Envelope
Materials–monoprints, paper, fiber, PVA, pit-fired beads.
Scale–8.5 cm x 9 cm x 1.5 cm Before taking it apart to repair it.
Repair Starts
I was able to pry the pages apart for rebinding the book.
I wasn’t able to remove the cardstock from the cover monoprint. The cardstock was used to reinforce the front and back covers. I was able to open them, so should be able to stitch to the rest of the book. Time will tell.
Repair Complete
The stitching is a tad looser than the original binding. I originally used UHU stick glue. After reassembling and binding the book together, I added PVA to the cover.
I also used PVA to affix the folded pages together. The reason I do that, is to prevent the viewer from seeing the back side of the embroidery. Because PVA is wet compared, the back of the embroidery became wet. After drying it shows a bit through to the front and the pages look a bit crumpled.
Crumpled and messy would be okay if that was the intent. It would be okay if all of the pages were consistently so. Lesson Learned
I wonder what would happen if I applied a layer of PVA to the paper before embroidery? It would make the paper stronger. I suspect it would also be easier to affix the folded pages together because the paper would no longer be porous. Maybe two sided tape would work.
Quote Used–The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.
The second best time is now.
The band is made of tree wrap, stamped with metallic silver paint. A magnet is bound into each end.
The numbers are code for the word–Plant.
Bound together two bits from a Brachychiton, one from a Japanese Maple, and one from a Canary Island Pine.
Japanese Maple Leaf
All leaves have a protective piece of tissue paper.
The Best Time
Brachychiton Leaf
To Plant
Canary Island Pine
A Tree Is
Japanese Maple
Twenty Years
Brachychiton Leaf
Ago.
Canary Island Pine
The Second
Japanese Maple
Best Time
Brachychiton Leaf
Is Now
Canary Island Pine
Code for a Period
Envelope for Notes
Materials–Monoprints, paper, tissue, tree wrap, fiber, plant bits.
Scale–7.5″ x 6.25″ x 2.5″
Quote–An oak sleeps in the acorn.
Slip knot binding with linen thread that was hand waxed.
Materials–Monoprints, cardstock, tree wrap, fiber, acorn, ink, adhesive.
Scale–6″ x 4″ x 1.25″
Hannah Arendt Quote
Closure–Knitted Band with Pit-Fired Beads
Monoprint of My Bunny James’ Eye.
Book Pages
Evil Seldom Arrives
In A Big Box,
Wrapped In A Bow,
Labeled “Evil”.
Instead, It Works In
Small And Subtle Ways,
Overtaking A Society
Slowly But Surely,
Working Its Way Through
Those Grey Zones
Where People Can’t
See Clearly,
Where They Aren’t Quite Sure
What It Is They Are Dealing With,
Where People Can’t
Figure It Out,
It’s Too
Late.
Materials–Monoprints, paper, fiber, pit-fired beads, sealant.
Scale–4″ x 5″ x 2″
The book cover is made of three pieces of embroidered hardware cloth. The code of the cover is the word willow. Three Salix cuttings were bound together and then bound to the book cover.
Each page is a piece of textured paper with a slightly wider sheet of green paper.
I used a modified Masonic cipher for the code. I made the texture by rolling each sheet diagonally (corner 1) around a piece of dowel. Removed the rolled paper from the dowel. Folded it in half, then pressed the folds together. Rolled the paper diagonally (corner three), folded each direction. The result is a grid of diamonds.
Note Envelope
Palm Book with the George Orwell quote–The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became truth.
The code is based on Morse Code. The diagonal lines above the line replace dots; the diagonal lines below replace the dashes.
Materials–paper, monoprints, fiber, pit-fired beads.
Scale–Bound 5″ x 2″ x 1.25″ Open 5″ x 22″ x .5″
Eleanor Roosevelt quote used–Words can be the cruelest of weapons.
Fan Book With Monoprints
Book Open–Front
Perforated Tap Code
Templates for Perforation
Book Open–Back
Materials–Paper, Monoprints, Metal
Scale–3.75 cm x 7.5 cm x .5 cm