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BOOK ART PASSION

Writings, Poetry, art cards, photos and much more

with Rosemary

Making books and putting whatever I like into them has become my passion and by sharing them with you on this site, my hope is that you get inspired and begin your own journey. I promise you it is addictive.

Make a book today and carry it everywhere with you.

Spread your wings within the leaves of your book,

You will be amazed at how far you can fly!

PROFESSOR STREBOR'S INVESTIGATION INTO MOSS SCULPTURES DEEP IN RAMUL'S GREAT FOREST.

His shoulders are rounded as if they are carrying an invisible weight. Greying hair with a mind of its own sticks up like an antenna atop a kindly looking face with eyes that twinkle, giving away the energy and excitement that bubbles away within him. His beige cardigan hanging low from the bulging pockets full of this 'n' that - an oval camera lens, the one he takes nightscapes with, a seed from the Tego Tego tree; the map piece with the rainbow raindrop still visible, an old letter from Benacai and two stones from Mino. That is all in one pocket. Another vast collection hangs heavy in the other.

Professor Strebor has been with me (in my imagination) for quite a few years and we have been on quite a few adventures together and this is the latest. In this book he is off to Ramul once again, this time to investigate strange moss sculptures deep in the great forest.

I am thrilled to say that the pages of this book are my very own handmade papers (cotton linter, recycled paper and onion skins). I would like to thank all my dear friends at papermakers of Victoria for their sharing and encouragement.

This book is an album style covered in Thailand lokta paper, sewn with string and flax edges (left over from a paper making day) - (waste not want not). I have used paperbark straight from my tree for the cover decoration and also as the guards throughout the book.

This page holds the letter (yes, my handmade paper again) and a sample of the moss like material that came from one of the sculptures. When Professor Strebor received these, he immediately set of to Ramul to investigate.

The contents of the letter are on my poetry page.

Professor Strebor records all sorts of things he sees in this diary. The inscribed leaf from the ancient Drib tree and its bird life is unique to the Great Forest.

I enjoyed using textiles in this book.

This is a picture of the 'hide' Professor built to observe the growing of the sculptures. In my 'real' world it is a failed piece of papyrus. I cannot throw anything away as I truly believe everything has a purpose and this papyrus turned out not a failure at all but a perfect material for his 'hide'.

You can imagine his excitement when, from his 'hide' he saw the sculptures appearing as the blue moon rose.

Finally the sculptures grew their 'moss' at an astounding rapid rate. It was only through the amazing camera work of Professor's friend and guide Dal, that these shots were possible.

This is the last page in the book, a few samples of things Professor had in his pockets.

There is a lot more to this story but I hope you have enjoyed these snippets.

I would love to hear from anyone who is interested in 'Book Art',Writing, atc's and Art in general. e-mail me at skua888@hotmail.com

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