See a discussion of Iliazd and this book on p46 of "Book Art Object", The Codex Foundation, 2008.

Reference note:
'Swan Songs with Damselflies' is a contemplative exploration of the lake/loch and its inhabitants. Distilled to the page as an ancient repository of time, swans reflect and glide while plants grow and damselflies flit. Douglas states: “I choose to live and work in the countryside. There I feel a cellular ease with my surroundings. From inside to outside textures inter-weave and it is in this sense that I construct visual narrative in my books. To be out in the landscape, camera in hand focusses my eye and mind as a form of understanding: I see. Something catches my eye and references a thought, or pattern of thoughts. An inner archive is riffled, a picture, a phrase, a dream is unearthed and this in turn infuses my images as I continue to work. Teasing these images to the page, as printed surface and sequence is what I bring to books as a form of visual reading, to make sense of something. Not for all time, but for that particular time and experience.”

Exhibition notes:
Gaia: Dialogue between the book arts, natural sciences & plant humanities. JBCBA, WAM. Curated by David Paton & Ciara Struwig. 16 September – 12 December 2025

Ref: GB/10975