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in progress: EAsTer - a zenCollage book about spring, religion, food, rabbits and female body issues.
after a fairly long (for me) “dry spell” in the studio, i began work this past weekend on a new book. i decided i wanted to spend the holiday weekend on a project with no expectation or plan. i have many prepared books, ready to be filled, but wanted to start with a plain and ugly book.
at first, i believed i would just cover up the pages and make a “book about nothing”. i did not want to use words, even random clipped ones. i did not want to work pale and grungy as i always do, requiring much drying and waiting time. i did not want to think, but only work intuitively, with happy busy hands. i wanted to use up a specific amount of ephemera, but not be overwhelmed with materials.
it was fun to see consistency and concept evolve as i started working, subconsciously inspired by the text of the book and the limited materials i had chosen to work with. i was working like a madwoman and that felt very fine. more images are on flickr, upon clicking the image above. this is the first layer of material, another simple layer of decoration will be added, but it is not going to be a complex and heavy book. showing only 5 of approximately 30 spreads does not do the tale justice, but more will likely be shared later.
normally, i don’t like to share work in progress. it makes me nervous. so this is a good exercise.