Bibliomuse is a series of books, wall pieces and objects that are inspired by discarded/withdrawn library books.
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| Hemingway and the Art of Awareness, No. 2,3,4,5 & 6 |
Bibliomuse is a subseries of KEEP: Modern Library.
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| Genetics, Paleontology and Evolution, No. 1 |
In KEEP: Modern Library I looked to one withdrawn library book as my muse. That was: Records Management: A Collegiate Course in Filing Systems and Procedures. Imagery from that book floats through each piece in KEEP: Modern Library.
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| Genetics, Paleontology and Evolution, No. 2 |
In embarking upon the subseries Bibliomuse I looked to five additional books as my muses: How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts; Genetics Paleontology and Evolution; Incredible Truth; Manual of Scientific Russian; and The Art of Awareness.
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| How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts, No. 1 (detail) |
I have extracted, abstracted and repeated imagery from each of those titles throughout the new Bibliomuse series. The imagery is created with a mixture of stencils and image transfers.
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| Incredible Truth, No. 1 (detail) |
The exhibit Bibliomuse is now up at Seager Gray Gallery in Mill Valley for the month of November, 2017.
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| Bibliomuse at Seager Gray Gallery |
Each piece continues the exploration, started in my KEEP: Modern Library series, of what we keep, the different ways in which we keep things/thoughts/emotions, and when it is perhaps time to move those things along.
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| Manual of Scientific Russian, No. 1 |
Each piece utilizes bookcloth that is extracted from withdrawn library books. Wherever you see color in these pieces - it is old bookcloth. These pieces are all repeatedly, and rather excessively, machine stitched which creates a unique texture and a new textile. The base cloth is antique handspun/handwovern linen, backstrap woven cotton from Africa, and other reclaimed linen.
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| Bibliocubes, No. 1, 2 & 3 |
Seager Gray Gallery created a gorgeous catalog that is available by contacting the gallery. A digital version is also on the Issuu site here.
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| Bibliomuse at Seager Gray Gallery |
If you are in the area I hope that you get a chance to stop by the gallery.
just wonderful exhibit, wish I could see it in person, love the use of old book cloth, I am a book and library lover I actually worked at two different libraries
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