Expressive Adventures in Book Arts


Friday, March 5, 2010

ROOTS Power New Bookworks

We drew roots. We filled sheets of  paper with painted images of roots.  We spoke words of roots and imagined life under the earth in the remarkable bodies of roots.  Remarkable books developed out of all this rooting around.  Once again, I wished for the luxury of time to enjoy each book at leisure. Here are photos that only hint at the unique vision and the innovative detail to be explored in each bookwork.

Judy Malstrom
 


















Pam Wright


Nicole Chainese

 

Laura



Donna Wasilewski


 
Santha Cooke

And just for good measure, two more shots of bookworks in the hands of the makers.



There is something tender in our physical relation to books.  Perhaps that comes from the feel of their materials, the movement of their elements, and the almost creature-comfort of their companionship. 

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