Paper Play

Paper Play I

Paper Play IV

I make things with paper — books, book cradles, mountings for photographs, even shelves.  Some or part of these things are ultimately made of museum board or foam core but they nearly always start out as forms I work out with small pieces of paper.  Beyond the use of a thing sometimes the shape itself interests me.  If I see a shape I like in a book or online I’ll make it and sit it on my work surface to look at.  I once set two small paper shapes on a square of paper and left them for so long that a spider spun a thread between them ⇢

Eventually I thought to photograph the shapes and to use the photographs in a series of small books. 

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Paper Play II

Paper Play III

Paper Play III

Paper Play I, II, III, IV are all unique books. 7 x 9 inches. Between two and five archival inkjet prints on Stonehenge with 2-ply museum board covers. 2025.