A personal artist book project in the form of a calendar, consisting of found images as well my own photography and sometimes drawings.

I’ve made a few advent calendars over the years, and this is my latest one. I haven’t photographed the first ones, but I started making them for my sister - as children, our mother made us an advent calendar each year in the form of a wall-hanging, with little presents tied onto it. We loved the excitement of getting a little gift each day, even though they were mostly small, practical things like erasers or hair ties.

I started thinking about how images could be like gifts, a gift for the eyes/ mind, something to look forward to, and about a book that you can’t just page through immediately - I glued each page closed, so that every day you need to cut the next page open... (hence the ragged page edge, pictured). Restraint and delayed gratification, as opposed to just scrolling for endless rewards on Instagram/ the internet.