It's 2022 now. Hello! Where did the time go??? 2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 have rung out, and the past years have spun out like a colorful carousel whirling around. But remembering back to the past 4+ years, the perception was more of a colossal elephant lumbering across the sandlot, filling the space with its majesty and stature, heavy and full of...something significant. It was a time of conflict, for sure, and the unprecedented, but also of common, ordinary things that in the moment felt like blessings. It's been a time of drama, sadness, challenges, a lot of change. As life always is, though maybe not so pointedly. For this book artist, the time has been recorded in creations of books and boxes, and life. Since the book-a-week activity on this blog was postponed many years ago, here are some photos of the bookish events of the past few years...
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Panel set 'Pavillion' carousel book and
inspiration postcard (1920's Angers, FR) |
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inside 'Pavillion' carousel book
for TRAC (Toe River Arts Council) show 2019 |
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'Pavillion' carousel book in etui (drop sides) box
with paste paper board cover paper; July 2019 |
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Bubblewrap prints of plexiglass
covers for 'Fun House' in
"The Library" box; Penland Auction 2019 |
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Letterpress illustrations 'The Tale of the Blueberries' for
"The Library" box; Penland Auction 2019 |
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"The Library" 4 original books in a box,
letterpress, print, paste papers, marbled papers;
edition of 10; 2019 |
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Blam! Studio Print class; Collograph prints;
March, 2020 |
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Blam! Studio Print class; Polyester plate lithographs of
1800's French Natural History book; March, 2020 |
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| Masks; April, 2020 |
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| Paper; April, 2020 |
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Watercolor illustration for "A Day in the Life of Corey & Zack",
letterpress edition of 10; April, 2021 |
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Box order for City of Raleigh Arts Commission Awards;
May, 2021 |
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Installation for 'A Book is a Space' show at
Pullen Arts Center; July-Sept. 2021 |
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Halloween haunted house pop-up cards event
at Pullen Arts Center, Oct. 2021 |
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| Paste paper holiday wrapping; Dec. 2021 |
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Postcard exchange with Bookarts group;
January card; 2022 |
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| Word Table for Pop-up book class; Feb. 2022 |
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| Marbled paper; 2022 |
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| Paste paper class at Blam! studio; June, 2022 |
