Tinder

One possible solution to the problem rejected.

Trip, Trap, Rat, Snap

Confinement



The Rat Trap

Waiting for the snap.

Playing with the big boys

Me with the Deardorff as photographed by the Bender.

Mobile

Time keeps on slipping...

Year's End 2010 - 'the first page/recapitulation'

The wall debuted in 2008, was recalculated in 2009 and in 2010 I do not know if this is memory of the beginning (the first page) or recapitulation at the end. In any case I am hopeful this is the last time the services of the wall of pages will be required.


Year's End 2009 - 'recalculate'

A full year passed and all I did was turn around.
I had to redo the math:
4 birthdays 3 2/3 years 44 months 1377 days 33,048 hours 1,982,880 minutes 118,972,800 seconds
I am near ready to stop counting.


Year's End 2008 - 'Inside'

This would be the math-
3 birthdays 2.946629213 years 31 months 1049 days (taking into account the leap year)
1,510,560 minutes 90, 633,600 seconds.
I would break it down further but it might make me appear obsessive.

Ring in the New

'When all else is lost, the future still remains.' - Bovee



'Ghosted by time' Year's End 2011

A little darkness to ring out the old...

My (occasionally) Annual Handmade Book



the black book - time to close out this year and bring in the new with a little darkness.

This book is a fragile creature, there's not a hard edge on it. It bends but will not break.



20 images (all but one taken this year),
approx. 5x4 inches, professionally printed on digital paper with a gloss sheen and selectively treated with a matte varnish (by me where I felt a little matte varnish should be.)

The images are fairly dark so the prints are fairly bright.

Prints are mounted on hand reinforced sheets of Thai decorated paper- very delicate-it is likely to bend or wrinkle but infused with reeds and leaves it will not tear. Stronger than it looks.
End sheets of a fine marbled paper
(each will differ somewhat)
Covers, with mounted images, made of a fine handmade paper dappled with silver.

A Japanese Stab binding sew with Irish linen,
the spine then covered with satin ribbon.

7 inches high x 7 1/2 inches wide

The Black Book is limited to strictly 13 copies. It is a delicate book, time consuming, and thus a very short run this year. $56 Including US shipping, $69 including International shipping.

Full set of images in the book, in full sequence, viewable here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurensimonutti/sets/72157625408970494/