Medium: Hand made paper Pages: unpaged Size: Bag: 350 x 400mm Binding: Cloth bag Language: English Inscription: Signed by the artist Edition: Unique
Place publication: Durban, RSA Publisher: The artists
Additional notes: This set of books is the counterpoint to GB/31052 by Cheryl Penn; both were part of a mail art project and were sent by mail between the two artists.
Consisting of:
1. Main book. 220mm.
2. "Seeded". 70mm. long oblong. 15pp.
3. "Epistle-Word-Image". 162mm. 12pp. Leporello.
4. "Script-Codex-Reveal". 130mm. 6pp. Leporello.
5. "Title Page". 305mm. Thick, single page, square panel using watercolour and collage with hand-made paper.
6. "Manu-Script". 700mm. Single folded page, typed. Letter from Liz Vels to Cheryl Penn with a short reply from Cheryl Penn. " It is going to sit at the head of the table so it can be as different as it (they) please. Turn this over and use the back - it's much more exciting."
Quote: I need to learn the book as I make it. Sometimes I need to make 5 before I 'get' the right feel. To make a book about someone is one thing; to make a book with someone (almost a stranger) is not easy. The integration / dialogue feels too syncopated. I am not a jazz lover; I need soaring diving Baroque music.