Quote used–Just because you are taught that something is right and everyone believes it is right, it does not make it right.
When I looked at the images, I realized I forgot to use stamps to number the pages. Maybe today.
My last name in code.
Materials–monoprints, paper,roofing felt, fiber, metal,chalk, PVA
Scale–5.75″ x 6.5″ x 1.5″
Quote used–Be the things you loved most about the people who are gone.
It may or may not be a Buddha quote.
Materials–Monoprints, paper, fiber, metal, PVA
Scale– 1.5″ x 9.75″ x 4.5″
Ray Badbury quote–There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.
This is the second time I used burnt matches for binary code. The large single matches on a card are spacers between words.
Do the colors of the cards mean anything? Yes, modified Morse code. The layout is the repeated word Read.
Page 1 There is more
Page 2 than one way
Page 3 to burn a book
Page 4 . And the
Page 5 world is full
Page 6 of people
Page 7 running about
Page 8 with lit
Page 9 matches.
Envelope for Notes on Piece
Materials–Monoprints, rust paper, paper, burnt matches, clip nuts, safety pins, metal, waxed linen, cotton, pit-fired bead.
Scale–11”x6.5”x2.5”
Used a Christopher Hitchens quote–A melancholy lesson of advancing years is the realization that you can’t make old friends.
Cover Code is Old Friends
A Melancholy
Lesson of
Advancing Years
Is The Realization
That You Can’t
Make Old Friends
.
Notes Envelope
Notes
Back Cover
Materials–monoprints, tree wrap, paper, metal, fiber, PVA
Scale–6.25″ x 5.75″ x 1″
Origami Wallet Made with a Monoprint.
Replacement Wallet Front
Replacement Wallet Back
Materials–cardstock, monoprints, adhesive, sealant, elastic band.
Scale–4″ x 2.75″ .25″
Code on front of the card is Happy Birthday.
Monoprint of a Brugmansia Leaf
Ignorance combined with power is the most ferocious enemy of justice. Based on a James Baldwin quote.
Materials–monoprints, fiber, packing envelope, paper, ink, adhesive.
Scale–23.75″ x 8.5″ x .25″
My niece is in an PhD/MD program. She is now a PhD doctor and recently started her medical rotations. Since she will have no time for gardening or much of anything other than work. I made her a little greeting with a few dried plants from my gardens.
Interesting that I did not use any code. Good thing?
The monoprints are peculiar in that they are not my typical palette. Well, when I was working in clay I used some lead glazes that resulted in gorgeous orange surfaces.
I used a sealant on the pages that was to have been matte. The shiny surfaces made it complicated to take photos. I repeatedly took them, over and over and over. Need to mail the card today. Time to stop.
These were taken on a piece of cork, near a north east window, with diffused light.
Happy Birthday in Code
Each Page has the Stamped Birthdate and Embroidered Name in Code
Corners were made by affixing double-sided tape to a monoprint. Could have been applied a bit straighter.
Materials–Monoprints, Paint, Fiber, Paper.
Scale–4.5″ x 3″ x .5″
Yesterday I viewed a video on Kirsten Varga’s YouTube channel. It is a Double Accordion with signatures.
In the video, Kirsten used gold masking tape to affix the ends together to make the cover. I didn’t have that type of tape so I used gaffer’s tape. Since the tape is two inches wide, I measured an inch on either side of the center for the proper placement. It was a little tricky aligning it inside. Not really enough space to align it.
I used monoprints to cover thin black poster board for the covers. It is available at Dollar Tree, six 11″ x 14″ sheets in a package.
I didn’t notice until I viewed the photo. The tape isn’t aligned on the inside of the closure band. Matte medium was used to affix the paper to the poster board. The matte medium is rather old and may have been the reason it wrinkled the paper. I sandwiched the pieces between wax paper, and weighted them overnight.
I used the three hole pamphlet stitch to bind the book together.
Materials–
Monoprints, paper, matte medium, fiber, gaffer’s tape.
Scale–Bound Closed 3.75″ x 2.75″ x 1″; Open varies 8″ x 2.75″ x 3″