carpe diem 2013 - 9

the partially excavated site of the old fireplace

at the newly rediscovered Sams Creek schoolhouse 

 

an Encyclopaedia Britannica is set alight

  and left to be

one day later...

 only a small shadow remnant can be found

echoing the fate of the old school 

that is no more... 

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carpe diem 2013 - 8

25 volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica

laid open on a cow track...

one small and very fast sams creek girl

...

carpe diem 2013 - 7

one loooooooooong coptic bound book

laid on a wallaby track

between Sams Creek and the Kooraban National Park

....

variations on a theme...

coptic binding...

 with leather covered boards

long stitch over exposed fabric 'tapes'...

with black bookcloth covers

and long stitch binding over exposed leather 'tapes'...

with decorative paper covers 

the contents are quite similar in each

with small variations...

all three models explore ways of presenting 

the 52 art gestures of 2012

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carpe diem 2013 - 6

one book page origami boat

launched on the incoming tide 

Dalmeny Beach


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carpe diem 2013 - 5

one sunflower with repaired/replaced petal

and some bees

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carpe diem for BAO - page by page