Community Art Projects Get Permanent Homes

I am very proud to report that both of my community art projects are now in permanent collections.

Out of Context/The Pulse of The Page is now at home in Sudbury's Goodnow Library.
Initially I was invited to participate in the library's year-long 350th anniversary celebration by exhibiting a work of art that included a book theme.  I decided to get community members involved by taking words out of context from discarded books.  I also looked hither and yon for discarded books bearing red or white spines. After many, many hours of work ...

Out of Context: The Pulse of The Page / studioCB

 Old Glory, my first community art production, is now at home in one of Sudbury's town hall offices, ----the town manager's foyer, to be exact.

Old Glory / studioCB

Book Art / New Versions of the Reproduction System and Open Heart Surgery

With my recent community art project, Out of Context---The Pulse of The Page, finished and installed in the Goodnow Library's permanent collection, I now have an interest in repurposing old books. A stash stares at me whenever I enter my studio and they need to be moved. Some of the books are spineless and a few are still intact.  What now? 

I chose the new edition's design specifically to go with the book title
--- my condensed version of the reproduction cycle.

  On display at a favorite boutique are vintage condensed Readers Digests carved into alphabet letters. With that in mind, I cut a few letters. Very cute. Of course, I had to go a little further and make it my own.  Neither of these books (published in 1961) looked like they were ever cracked open. Hmm, I guess humanity figured it all out without reading the text. 

The expression on the female's face is so telling ---compared to the male in the shower.
The juxtaposition of the carving was spot-on!

Carving love was much more challenging.  (---aint that the truth?)
Not finished with these new editions;  I plan on editing the insides with my own stories.  

Again, the choice of book makes all the difference in the new version's design.
With a fabric scrap looped and glued in the spin. it can now hang ---like mistletoe.

 Much time and effort went into this open heart surgery ... but I have to try everything once (or twice or thrice).

Enough of getting side-tracked.  I gotta finish the book I am reading and then start my book group's latest title. 
I do like listening to books on tape as I work.  It's nice to hear someone else's voice in the studio.

Old Glory

My long-time desire to produce a community-made assemblage has come to fruition!

 Old Glory. (found-object assemblage, 2'x3', attached to plywood cradled frame)

Finding the right glues to hold objects tight was key.  

Recognize anything you throw away?

Presently, Old Glory,  is on exhibit at the Goodnow Library in Sudbury, MA and will move around town to other public and private spaces and businesses for local viewing.