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This book depicts memories of my childhood in Iceland, taking in the mountain ranges, colors and lines that form against the sky.
The color palette is autumn and early winter days at dusk, bringing out the old stories of hidden people, trolls, and ghosts. We Icelanders are quite superstitious.
The stitching and hole-poking follow the mountain forms to further emphasize the mood of the pages.
Different sizes of the pages also evoke curiosity when turning the pages.
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The book is created of various hand-madeJapanese papers onto which I have used hand-pulled monotype printing.
After printing images on the papers, they were dipped lightly into melted beeswax giving a transparent quality.
Akua inks were used which are water-soluble, and environmentally friendly.
Placement of the stitching and hole-poking emphasizes the lines of the mountains. Some of the pages have forms cut out to reveal a small sliver of the next page which, in addition to the different format for each page, are meant to evoke curiosity when turning them.
Handmade Japanese papers of various thickness and textures. Melted beeswax. Cotton and silk thread for stitching. Sharp tool for hole-poking.