Oculus Song :: First Copy

Today, I finished assembling the first copy of my newest edition book, Oculus Song. I'm sure I'll edit this post later date with a more complete statement, but I wanted to share with you the book as a whole. 

The images are a mix of risograph (imagine an offset press and a color copier had a baby) and letterpress printing. The text is printed on transparent paper whose opacity as you move the pages through the book. 

 :: Cover ::

 :: OCULUS SONG ::

More Oculus Song

Progress in printing Oculus Song...

:: catalyst ::

 :: pages ::

 :: the next step? ::

:: materials ::

Spring

I spent Saturday with my family, walking in the woods. They were looking for birds but my eyes kept looking to the ground... 

 :: velvety little wood ears ::

 :: unidentified polypore with beautiful feathery gills ::

 :: a sweet little pair of cinnamon mushrooms ::

:: triangles in trees, I'm seeing triangles everywhere it seems ::

This week

This week has been an interesting one with unexpected opportunities and surprises. I won't give away the secret just yet, but I will say that my studio will be featured in totally unexpected, and very cool, way. On film...

I've been working on prints for this mystery project.

 :: mystery words ::

 :: more mystery words ::

This week. I keep looking at minerals! I don't know what it means yet, but I'm fascinated how minerals mirror larger geological, meteorological, and other natural phenomena.

 :: a mineral disc ::

 :: more minerals ::

:: go forward ::

Workings and drawings

Drawings imaginary islands, compiling and looking more closely at the images I've gathered. Boats, roots, pyramids, little thoughts. 

Wooden Houses

Scans from Wooden Houses, text and drawings by Makoto Suzuki, photographs by Yukio Futagawa. This book is a collection of images and information about traditional European wooden houses. So beautiful and not too hard to find. I highly recommend buying it if you come across it. 

Serpents, Scales and Pyramids

Recurring Images and dreams.

:: Tile Scales ::

:: Louise Bourgouis, Swaying, 2006 ::

:: Agnes Denes, The Human Argument, 1974 ::

:: source unknown ::

:: Koryak armor ::

:: Marianne Dages, Quoin ::

:: Marianne dages, Chymia ::

:: marianne dages, i had that dream again ::

:: waves, from a very old book I own ::

:: Iceland, herringbone pattern in house, photograph by Andrew Frederick ::

:: Animal figures and patterns from various Udeghe shaman’s costumes, shoes and bands ::