Regret quote from the movie, Shadow Recruit.
Regret. It piles up around us like books we never read.
Materials–paste paper, rust paper, school paper, fiber, metal.
Scale–5″ x 3.25″ x .75″.
Regret quote from the movie, Shadow Recruit.
Regret. It piles up around us like books we never read.
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.
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)
Oscar Wilde quote–The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Code–The Books
Code–Oscar Wilde
Materials–Roofing felt, paper, paste paper, rust, linen fiber.
6.25″ x 5.75″ x 1″
Never Underestimate the Petty Vindictiveness of Those in Power.
First heard the quote in the tv series, Pie in the Sky.
Materials–paper, fiber, rust, linen fiber, cotton fiber, twig, handwritten text.
6.75″ x 3.25″ x 1″
The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.
Truth
The further a society
Drifts from the truth
The more it will
Hate those
Who speak it
Materials–Roofing felt, linen fiber, rust.
6.25″ x 6″ x 1″
Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character.
Materials–paper, linen fiber, rust, printed text.
6″ x 4″ x .75″