At the end
of last week I was playing with recycling shopping bags. I had some vague plan of
monoprinting leaves and also trying to reflect the mathematical sequences that
occur in nature using it to make a fishbone/leaf fold book.
Ironing out the creases on the bags seemed to
have left the paper brittle and the structure started to split on some of the
score lines, like broken leaves. Somehow this fragility seemed to resonate with
the events unfolding in France.
The way that
more and more people (of all faiths and countries) responded to this outrage
seemed to reflect the increasing number sequences I had been playing with.
So my leaves
have been replaced by words and my numbers with pencils. For once it seems that
a book is the right place to make a response.
A structure that's new to me - and an interesting response to a knotty situation.
ReplyDeleteI read about the fold at Making Handmade Books and at Green Chair Press if you want to follow it up
DeleteI've been fiddling around with these fishbone folds too and wondering whether they actually work as a book structure or are just interesting sculpturally, but you've managed to make the form marry with the message Jac. These are eloquent and beautifully realised.
ReplyDeleteGlad you like them. Once I realised that I could stick the bottom of the 'main stem' together then pull the end to open up theoffshoots into boxes I found it a lot easier to use as a book
DeleteA perfect fit Jac. Simply elegant for such an important statement. I too, have never come across this interesting fold, thanks for putting it out there!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jack. And thanks for the Christmas card.
DeleteLove this book Jac, especially for the subject matter and its fit with the structure. I too have been outraged by the events in France and the threat to freedom of speech. We are living in an increasing fragile world.
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