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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Two pages of my leaf form artists book - in the rough |
Today I started another artists book for the
Compassion Artists' Book Exhibition. I want to make an unbound book that has loose leaves which are in fact hammered brass leaf shapes. My goal is to have 7 leaves each with it's own quote regarding compassion. I want the leaf forms to be free standing; to wrap around each other; and to nestle gently in the palm of one's hand as one reads the quote.
A few images of the process follow.
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Leaf blank on the anvil - the reverse side of the blank has been hammered |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Quote by John Connolly stamped on the leaf blank |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Second leaf hammered and stamped with a quote from the Dalai Lama |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - I love how the two pages wrap around each other and stand without support - graceful |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Five more blanks cut - awaiting stamping and hammering |
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| ©2019 Barry Smith - Curved form of the leaf - seriously in need of grinding and polishing |
Over the weekend I hope to finish this book. It does not have a name yet.
WOW!!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a beautiful book in the making, love how it connects to the early Buddhist palm leaf manuscripts!
ReplyDeleteThe book(wo)man side of me loves the play on words: leaves of a book
ReplyDeleteAnd seeing the quotes hammered and stamped brought a gasp of pure joy ...
so wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely beautiful, Barry! Carol
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