Wearable Book

This is actually a collection of wearable books. The top image is each of the books closed and the bottom image is of them opened. The concept behind the piece is about wearing things that are dear to you close to the heart and on the body.

Holi

 

This is one of my newly finished accordion books entitled Holi: Festival of Colors. The title and subject matter of the book comes from a holiday that is celebrated by Hindus in which the people congregate in the streets and consequently throw loose pigment in each others faces. The holiday itself is of interest to me because I love to study other cultures and learn how people around the world live.  The book contains hand carved block prints from images of people celebrating Holi that were then printed on tea stained paper. The images capture a certain humanity of the people and push the viewer to relate themselves to a different culture.