What we leave behind us #4
| Dimensions | 12.7 × 12.7 cm |
|---|---|
| Medium | Collage of hand painted papers, book page, and book spine |
| Dimensions | 25.4×25.4 cm / 10×10 in (frame) 12.7×12.7 cm / 5×5 in (art) |
| Presentation | Framed – Ready to hang |
| Art Series |
I love old books – I love the look, the feel, even the smell of them. There’s nothing like walking into a used books store and experiencing the history of all those words.
I also really love using found materials in collage, along with my own painted papers – so sometimes a book just might fall prey to my creative urges.
In these collages I’ve used some old book pages, the hardened glue and threads from the binding to provide a sense of history, stained tissue, painted paper, and paper with moulding paste texture. The series title was inspired by a quote from Anatole France (this was his book I destroyed after all…)
“All changes, even the most longed for, have their meloncholy; for what we leave behind is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.”
In this, the book has died, but it has entered another life.
$150.00
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