New books: – Please contact me if you wish to swop a book for this installation.
4 new books from Guido Vermeulen (Belgium). These printed A6 format books are part of his series of Faces Booklets for the Birthday Mania Project on IUOMA. Each photocopied book is accompanied by an image list which is an evocative series of titles. These create a series of statements resembling staccato poetry.
I now have four of these books, but have just bound the first two.
Some books just wont be done. A South African in Australia dried up the minute I was a South African back in Africa…
The first in a series of 4 books which explore Covers – book covers that is. What was uncovered was quite revealing 
An Encyclopedia of Everything
Encyclopedia of Everything – Appropriation and Plagiarism.
Book 1 – I have a feeling this will be a series. The line between the two is a silent whisper.
Pages for Bernd Reichert’s (Belgium) publication – Bizarre City.
An Encyclopedia of Everything – Bark – A Sample Book
Sometimes its pointed out in vivid – make that glaring – neon, that you’re just not cut out to work in an ordered systematic way. I’m speaking about myself – Bark – A Sample book – nearly did my head in. I attempted to create a ‘botanical’ book to exchange with Theresa Easton (UK) without botanical drawings – MAN! It was not easy. EVERYTHING – from the covers to assembly was headache material. But I made it – MOSTLY intact. BUT – I rest in the sure knowledge working in some sort of order is not my thing – a HUGE learning curve from such a simple book.
Making covers from found material
Found material
Vessels in Dispute (2)
Janie (Her PROPER name – I mean -– who came up with Genie/Jinni?? Was tiring of hiding the magic lamp. Consistent secreting of
the lantern (Terminology kept for ease of reference) over the
centuries – (Named – The Concealing) was taking its toll. The
story of Ala-ed-Din had kept Seekers at bay for centuries, but the
Moorish Darwish (from the interior of Barbary – that part of the tale is correct) was drawing closer. She could feel the foul winds which heralded his presence wrap closer.
Magenta and Sienna had not been seen by the tribe for at least two decades -– it was rumored they were LOST Between.
But Janie knew better. When The Bridge appeared at the next Blood Sunrise she understood she would be able to take a break from camouflaging the lantern.
Boldly flagrant as eye-catching graffiti was not her style of choice – mind you, neither was Geralds dusty guitar shop.
A few books for An Encyclopedia of Everything
From Jessica Bothma (South Africa) – ReUse – in two editions – shows the value of keeping old work and making it into books – as Stephan Mallerme said – “Everything in the World exists in order to end up in a book”
Bark – (A Sample Book) – a long outstanding book for Theresa Easton in return for her botanical book – MAN! I found this one tough!!!
Bifidus Jones – Here and Here – An Encyclopedia of Everything
I received my first piece of international Mail Art from Bifidus Jones in America – a card relating to an ongoing project – now in its sixth year – the world is a town… – a line taken from the Novgorod Codex. And now BJones’ book is the FIFTIETH book work for the installation An Encyclopedia of Everything. We had agreed to swop books loosely based on Jackson Pollock. Except one does not hang loose when exploring Pollock.
Titled Here and Here, (The inner Workings of Jackson Pollock) Bjones explores the statement – “When you’re painting out of your conscious, figures are bound to emerge”.
And emerge they do.
BJones – I SEE these figures – the clarity of intent – for sure I do ☺.