We have had a pretty darn busy week this week, but I got a lovely surprise in the post when I received this great book on the Abridged Dewey Classification system from Liz Ackert in Texas. Liz is a former librarian who put me on to thinking about using numbers as codes of classification and I am thrilled to have this book in the studio. I have dug, and delved, and dipped into it, and fallen down many a rabbit hole as I investigate what numbers can mean; and I have been thinking about what they can become.
As a small gesture of beginning, I have printed some of my card sets and wrapped them in fine Habu threads.
The first five I selected are these.
Of course, feminism gets a card; and I am pretty confident that this is its number.
I went looking for support for LGBTIQ rights, and landed here.
As ever, I adore the edges with their deckles and threads.
It is a small start but I think I can include these Dewey numbers in different parts of my work and am sure I will spend a lot of time digging into my new book!
Part of the reason we have been busy is that as part of our annual cull and clean up around the block; we held a garage sale on Saturday. We had chosen to send all our proceeds to bush fire relief in Cobargo and were thrilled when we cracked the $1000 mark. We will be seeing our donation through to Cobargo Community Bushfire Recovery Fund, with thanks to Ronnie Ayliffe who has worked tirelessly to let the world know of the devastation so many have experienced and continue to face as the fires still burn.
If you are interested in funding direct to the community as they work to recover over the next weeks, months and years, here is a link to their GoFundMe page where you can also find their bank account details for direct bank transfers.
As a small gesture of beginning, I have printed some of my card sets and wrapped them in fine Habu threads.
The first five I selected are these.
My investigations made me think about how to ascribe peace within the Dewy system, and this is as close as I got - conflict resolution. Part of me was a tad interested that peace in and of itself didn't seem to have its own classification...bu I will keep looking.
Of course, feminism gets a card; and I am pretty confident that this is its number.
I went looking for support for LGBTIQ rights, and landed here.
I came up with this as my representation of family violence/domestic abuse and I think its pretty close.
And here is where my support for asylum seekers and refugees was found.
As ever, I adore the edges with their deckles and threads.
It is a small start but I think I can include these Dewey numbers in different parts of my work and am sure I will spend a lot of time digging into my new book!
Part of the reason we have been busy is that as part of our annual cull and clean up around the block; we held a garage sale on Saturday. We had chosen to send all our proceeds to bush fire relief in Cobargo and were thrilled when we cracked the $1000 mark. We will be seeing our donation through to Cobargo Community Bushfire Recovery Fund, with thanks to Ronnie Ayliffe who has worked tirelessly to let the world know of the devastation so many have experienced and continue to face as the fires still burn.
If you are interested in funding direct to the community as they work to recover over the next weeks, months and years, here is a link to their GoFundMe page where you can also find their bank account details for direct bank transfers.
I smile ... so much to love here, symbolically and materially
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you are smiling Liz - you are the whole reason they are here! There is magic in the coding and the simplicity which I think I can take up in more sophisticated ways but need a bit of time to let it all soak together and see what happens... go well.
Delete(((Fiona & Barry))) well done with the proceeds for your garage sale going to Cobargo! love how you are working with the Dewey Decimal system, when I worked at the Botanic Gardens in the early nineties the research library still had their filing system on cards in beautiful timber drawers.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mo - we were chuffed to be able to send some funds Cobargo-way. I do love an old-fashioned filing system I must say. Go well.
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