Instead of my usual snarky new year's poem, I'm starting this year with a gentle little book. This is "Narragansett," an accordion-style artist's book I created from cardboard drink coasters, some left-over scraps of nautical maps, and document repair tape in late 2025. (4x4," opens to 24"). This book is travelling to Kalamazoo, MI right now, to be part of the annual Illustrated Accordion exhibition at Kalamazoo Book Arts Center.
I was thinking about the sea.
Still experimenting with some metallic effects. Here is a book-like (blook?) accordion structure created by painting and hand-cutting a Sundance Catalog folding mailer. The six panels were hand-cut in various decorative shapes, and then spray-painted and rubbed with copper pigmented wax to give a metallic copper effect. Closure is a simple thread tie. This is headed out to Kalamazoo, MI, to join the 2025 Illustrated Accordion exhibit at Kalamazoo Book Arts Center. It's fun, check it out!
