Wow! I have reached the end of the book making for the Sydney Contemporary and it feels amazing.
A part of me never really understands why I get so involved in adding some many things to my books; even tho they don't end up looking busy, there are so many processes in there, and to me they feel necessary and important, so for whatever reason, I do them.
My final hurdle this week was to do 40 5cm x 5cm panels of tightly written calligraphy.
I could do 3 panels an hour; so the whole effort took me about 14 hours of writing and drawing up. My hands and arm ached that's for sure.
That came on top of four etchings, two other small pages of calligraphy, two typeset pages and one stamped page per book (x 10). Enough.
A stash of 10. Yay!
They are small (only 10cm x 10cm) and feel good in the hand. It's quite an intimate time spent with them, slowly turning and reading and wondering...
They are very much the siblings of he walls works - incorporating the words and images, but in different ways. The books contain all four etchings and all four sets of words - but only in calligraphy. And there are a couple of additional elements that appear only in the books.
You can see the text squares appearing, and the etchings.
One of the single line of calligraphy pages, with stamping in the bottom right.
Another single line calligraphy page and a text block too.
The colophon.
A little book doing a handstand kind of. Stitched with red waxed linen thread in a coptic binding. stitch.
Feels good to be done!
A part of me never really understands why I get so involved in adding some many things to my books; even tho they don't end up looking busy, there are so many processes in there, and to me they feel necessary and important, so for whatever reason, I do them.
My final hurdle this week was to do 40 5cm x 5cm panels of tightly written calligraphy.
I could do 3 panels an hour; so the whole effort took me about 14 hours of writing and drawing up. My hands and arm ached that's for sure.
That came on top of four etchings, two other small pages of calligraphy, two typeset pages and one stamped page per book (x 10). Enough.
A stash of 10. Yay!
They are small (only 10cm x 10cm) and feel good in the hand. It's quite an intimate time spent with them, slowly turning and reading and wondering...
They are very much the siblings of he walls works - incorporating the words and images, but in different ways. The books contain all four etchings and all four sets of words - but only in calligraphy. And there are a couple of additional elements that appear only in the books.
You can see the text squares appearing, and the etchings.
One of the single line of calligraphy pages, with stamping in the bottom right.
Another single line calligraphy page and a text block too.
The colophon.
A little book doing a handstand kind of. Stitched with red waxed linen thread in a coptic binding. stitch.
Feels good to be done!
Really beautiful and worth all the labour ( of love)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Louise - it was indeed a labour of love and it feel good to be finished - very satisfying in fact! Go well.
Deletefinished stacks of books feel so good. awesome job, fiona!
ReplyDeleteThey do indeed V - a finished stack of books is a thing of beauty and wonder I reckon...Thanks!
Deleteeloquent elegance!
ReplyDeleteAhh Mo - I would love that to be my byline! Love it!
DeleteF- an amazing body of work both in terms of the important content and the art to support each part. B
ReplyDeleteThanks B - yes a lot of love and car and thought and planning went into them; I hope they hold together and share the story.
DeleteAwesome work. You ca,n be proud of yourself !
ReplyDeleteThanks Annick! It feels good to be finished and I am really happy with these books. Go well.
DeleteGreat! I like that very much and it inspires me. Beautiful work!
ReplyDeleteGreetings
Solveig
Thanks so much Solveig, I am pleased to be finished. Go well.
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