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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. I started making them for my sister – as children, our mother used to make 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, pens or hair ties.
I’ve made a few advent calendars over the years. I started making them for my sister – as children, our mother used to make 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, pens or hair ties.
I started thinking about how images could be like gifts – gifts for the eyes/ mind, things to look forward to. And also about a book that you can’t just page through immediately – I glued each page to the next, so that each day you need to cut a page open... (hence the ragged page edge, pictured). Restraint and delayed gratification, as opposed to just scrolling for endless rewards on Instagram/ the internet.
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