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Altered Books, Found Poems, Poetry

Repentance

April 28, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

Repentance

Swift sped curse,
white-winged prayer
race bat-like
through heavenly stars
shorn and cold
Hang the darkness
Bind the sky.

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Art, Doodles

Staff Meeting Doodle

April 25, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

Doodle
Sharpie pen in steno pad

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Art, Photography

The Stash

April 25, 2012February 28, 2016 Shelly

Old Photos

Old Photos

I ordered these from an Etsy seller. In total, 185 photos for $35 plus shipping (which was cheap). I’ve only taken a quick shifty through them, but they look to be mostly from the same family. Lots of WWII era photos. Lots of vacation photos. LOTS AND LOTS of picnic photos. A project is taking shape in my mind.

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Altered Poems, Art, Artist Books, Collage, Poetry

In Ether Clad: Bonus Pages

April 24, 2012February 27, 2016 Shelly

Fronticepiece and Title Page
Fronticepiece and Title Page

Dim Shadows Musing Dreamily

Dim shadows musing dreamily
There have been wrecks
on smaller seas.

A Moment's Light

A moment’s light, a rayless tomb
A swallow darting through the room

He Might Have Sailed

He might have sailed
from star to star,
To find a port from which to start

We Weigh the Planets

We weigh the planets one by one
While spirits make
their nightly round

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Art, Artist Books, Bookarts, Collage, Photography

In Ether Clad

April 23, 2012February 27, 2016 Shelly

In Ether Clad

In Ether Clad

In Ether Clad
An alphabet book of collage with altered poems taken from Wallace Bruce’s In Clover and Heather
5 x 3 1/2 inches
16 signatures (32 pages)
140lb Cotman cold press watercolor paper Coptic bound with linen thread

The set is here. I had a few extra pages, so there are four bonus spreads. I’ll scan and post those tomorrow.

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Altered Poems, Art, Artist Books, Collage, Poetry

Z

April 22, 2012February 27, 2016 Shelly

Z
collage
5 x 6 3/8 inches

Zone where once
the storm-ship used to ride
Safe sheltered here
from dark and angry skies

Aaaaaaand it’s FINISHED! I’ve got some touching up to do tomorrow on end papers and whatnot, and then I’ll take photos of the completed book.

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Altered Poems, Art, Artist Books, Collage, Poetry

Y

April 22, 2012June 8, 2018 Shelly

Y
collage
5 x 6 3/8 inches

You reason in circles, to find at last
The inner world in the outer masked.

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Altered Poems, Art, Artist Books, Collage, Poetry

X

April 21, 2012February 27, 2016 Shelly

X
collage
5 x 6 3/8 inches

X is the Queen
of the evening star
and queen of the moon
I know by heart.

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Altered Poems, Art, Artist Books, Collage, Poetry

W

April 17, 2012February 27, 2016 Shelly

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collage
5 x 6 3/8 inches

“Write me an epic,”
the good Queen said
of dolls at play
and the children who fled

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Altered Poems, Art, Artist Books, Collage, Poetry

V

April 16, 2012February 27, 2016 Shelly

V
collage
5 x 6 3/8 inches

Voyage vain
where shadows roam
To welcome the sorrowing
wanderer home.

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