I spent Saturday progressing my unbound metal book for the Vessel exhibition. The photo above shows metal cut: stamped for 7 pages of the book; 7 incense burner bowls; and 4 pairs of earring - all with the sail form.
The title of the book is Betrayal as it tells the story of how Scottish Highlands farmers in the Sutherland shire were driven off their land and coerced to become fisherman - many died.
Donald McLeod, an eye witness to the clearances, reported that in one year in the northern sea of Scotland over 100 boats were wrecked and a multitude of people died.The pages of the book are in the form of sails; and the 7 lines of the story are stamped on the metal as you can see from the photo below.
Stamping metal does not always go smoothly as you can see from several false starts and mistakes in the metal below.
But the following photos show that I have made good progress - including the 7 pages neatly fitting into each other.
I hope finish the work during the week and add the other 6 pages into the stand to accompany the single finished page as you can see below.
practice makes perfect is well-documented here ... but as I tried to imagine how the pages might be "bound" (thinking perhaps a hole in the corner joined by a metal ring), I was gobsmacked by the intriguing spine you have crafted
ReplyDeleteThis piece is going to make a powerful statement. Exceptional work as always.
ReplyDeleteAnon (aka LA) and J - thanks for checking out the development process of the unbound metal book. LA binding the sails worried me - it seemed like I was trying to contain them, the wind and the words. J - thanks for your supportive comment. I think bringing the words ants thew form together will be a strong statement as you say. Both - thanks and go well. B
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