This week was my second class with Annie Cicale at Bookworks. It has stretched me quite a bit. First I learned to fold a book in a Wave to Shore fold. Then we studied Wabi-sabi - the uneven layouts of the ancient illuminated manuscripts and drafted our own page layout. I ended up with 16 pages, or eight double page spreads. I picked a poem that would fit into the space then worked within the wabi-sabi layout.
The poem is by poet Po Chu-I:
I look at my shadow
over and over
in the lake;
I see no white face
only the white hair
I have lost my youth,
and shall never find it again.
Useless to stir the Lake-Water.
I worked very quickly and there some things I would do differently, but overall I am glad I finished it. We will critique it on Tuesday night - YIKES!
Here are my five books in five days done at a Dan Essig Workshop at Bookworks in Asheville, NC. I actually got to use mica and papyrus as covers, an played with some absolutely fantastic papers from Cave Papers.
Here are the pictures of my ATC holder I made for a swap. This will be in the mail tomorrow to Annie Mackay in the U.K.
Two of the ATCs that I sent out for the JAM have returned home. The lady in the bottle ended up in Seattle,WA and the long haired beauty came home from Delaware. It's always fun to see where they end up and what ha been added to them...
This week was my second class with Annie Cicale at Bookworks. It has stretched me quite a bit. First I learned to fold a book in a Wave to Shore fold. Then we studied Wabi-sabi - the uneven layouts of the ancient illuminated manuscripts and drafted our own page layout. I ended up with 16 pages, or eight double page spreads. I picked a poem that would fit into the space then worked within the wabi-sabi layout.
Here is a picture of what we woke up to this morning. The entire Swannanoa Valley is covered under a sheet of ice. That is Allen Mountain in front of us. See the picture below for details!
