Illuminated Manuscript

dimensions: 10.5"x10.5"x2.5"

materials: Clay, acrylics, toner transfer from text from "Permanence and Durability of Paper: An Annotated Bibliography of the Technical Literature from 1885 A.D. to 1939 A.D."

date: 2021

I am a lover of books. A damaged book always provokes grief in me, and to dog-ear a page would feel like sacrilege. Yet I am compelled by the delicate, lace-like creations of silverfish as they consume paper and ink.