The Key Book (back cover) Mo 15
(H 12 cm W 9.5 cm )
Yesterday I was feeling that a breakthrough was imminent for resolving this book and taking the metaphor literally, cut through the back cover to inlay this old brass keyhole
The Key Book (front cover) with rust dyed key cloth from Liz Ackert and that’s her extraordinary 60 count hand woven linen in the next pic
and here’s the reverse
so now I have the key what was the question… ?
you can see the pages in more detail here, here, here, here, here & here
PS the explorations in this little book have me thinking once again about light and layers and engraving glass
and how lace relates to glass…
listen to this interview with Tony Hanning a master of drawing the light in glass
“to see the things we remember never having seen”
Tony gave me the best lesson ever in seeing
Back in 1989 I was engraving the detail in the dragonfly wings on one of his cameo carved vases as the professional practice component in my last year at art school and he said, “these are not dragonfly wings with all these arabesques & curlicues, go home find a dragonfly, look at it’s wings and then come back and get back to work. I did and in that moment learned to truly see….
It's Crow Time 
Extraordinary *you*
thanks for having a look Arlee
I love your key book so much…………….
thanks Martine, so do I & this one reminded me that books are my life long passion, the space between the covers provides a quiet place of retreat, a private world to explore, a gallery I can hold in my hands and carry with me, full of wonder, fresh perspectives & inspiration.
Taking the time to look and truly see … what a wonderful lesson to pass on.
one of those major turning points Liz
Perfect back cover, Mo, and how wonderfully it is coming together. This book is inspirational in its scope and I’m finding the back of the pages are very interesting. ((((Mo))))
have put it away for now, there may be more layers or that may be the for next book…
your book is a wonderful slice of studying. love that beautiful keyhole. seeing the front and back of each page has me wondering about what’s in between them.
hmmm… me too feeling like this one is just tickling the surface
Eureka! Breaking through literally and metaphorically.
Learning to see is such an expansive experience.
that last page… those boar bristles on the silk organza… there is so much more to explore!
good work girlfriend; symbols lead to connections of the questions that we ask !
Hey Dotti yes indeed & talking of connections let’s catch up soon! the next book will be going deeper with stitching single silver strands of my hair, those wonderfully springy boar bristles and cutting openings…
Superb work, Mo, and I love the keyhole on the back. The connections between nature’s lace and your stitches – seamless! (no pun intended).
hehe! good one Sharmon, am feeling a bit jagged this morning & your words really lightened me up!
your delicacy of line is here. your subtle palette. the inescapable ability to infer meaning with the slightest of strokes. it’s a thing I would love to see up close and if I owned it, I’d have a special shelf where I could open to a different page each day…
thanks for the good words Dee am feeling like there is more to explore dreaming of a ladder to to the moon stitched with a strand of my hair and the boar bristles…
ahhhhhhhhhhh. soon you’ll be spinning light
am hankering for the delicacy of engraved glass again especially after seeing Holly Grace & Mel George’s superb work at at Sabbia Gallery… but I simply can’t cope with the glass dust any more so I have to work out a way to translate the ideas into different materials, stitching with my old grey hair is tricky but it’s surprisingly strong (I thought it would be brittle!)
a book of visions it seems to me. or a book of vision. just that.
lace and light… am still only touching the surface as Cindy wonders in her comment it’s what’s in between, there will be more layering and cutting through