Beautiful orange eyes ...

A beautiful day in Ljubljana, I bought a book of poetry I couldn't read because I liked the patterns it made on the page.

He wanted to share my lunch, and I did because he had such lovely orange eyes! 

Vestiges

 Linked to the Pyre series, Vestiges too only reside in the memory but are born of a quieter destruction.

The books are again folded and encased in plaster, then soaked with water and released from their entrapment.  

However a ghost of their print remains embedded, 

odd tantalising words and phrases.

The resulting sculptures are strangely familiar, their organic structures at home in the water that created them.

Pyre

So many things are forgotten.

Discarded books are hand folded and encased in plaster.

The book pages are then burnt out leaving only the fragile interleaves of plaster.

The book now only resides in the memory of the reader and the beautiful structure of the ash.

Fragile Diamonds

Diamond folded vintage book

 with hand printed and cut butterflies.

The light shines through the translucent paper 

highlighting their etherial nature.

A different way to read

I found this book discarded at the tip, 

it has the most beautiful illustrations and detailed text 

and I wanted to find a new way of reading it again.

The pages are cut into discs and hand sewn with thread, each on is placed next to another to strike up a new conversation with the illustrations interspersed.  

What had been a gift and lovingly given so long ago, 

deserved to be appreciated again.  

The discs are mounted and framed in a box frame.

Bird Houses

Too beautiful to be caged with the book, the birds are hand cut to release them from the page.

The original covers form the structure of the house.

Vintage music is added to link to their song.

Endless Possibilities

Old maps, tea bags, discarded books, old music scores, scraps of wallpaper, wrapping paper and prints; it is all treasure.

The tea bags are dried, emptied and ironed giving a lovely surface to write on.  

Tiny pages are cut and assembled accordian style to produce a flutter book.  When opened the pages cascade out sparking the imagination.

Little Books of Possibility 

 for your dreams, desires, plans .....