packed up ...

and ready to go to BABE

BABE details

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gilding

two prints ready to take to BABE, which is now only 12 days away.
gold leaf applied, and coloured pencils.

passport scheme

At BABE in a couple of weeks time, there will be a passport scheme. Visitors can collect an empty passport from the passport control office and have it stamped at participating tables. Jill and I are joining in and our threshold stamps have just arrived:

printing

postcards for BABE have arrived ...

trial

Setting up the stand, to see how it’ll look at the Arnolfini. This is a corner of it.

four weeks to go

This is the image for the BABE showreel. Only 28 days to go ...

cuttings

My workspace is covered with little pieces of paper – left overs from collages in the books for BABE. Only just over four weeks to go.

guidebooks

folded and gilded, ready for boxing

moon gold

new moon gold ink – using it sparingly in the Threshold books for BABE.

the heron and the boat

A story taking shape

liminal thoughts

More progress on the books. Trying to keep hold of fleeting thoughts.

Taking a message

Playing with ideas for The Book

Letting go

… a provisional title for the story

book update

playing with drawings and models for the book – I think I may be deviating from the plan, but I like where it’s going at the moment.

populating

Making people (well, me) to travel through the book …

planning

A planning meeting with J yesterday. Ideas and thoughts exchanged and shared. Here’s our work in progress.

some progress

The book idea for BABE is progressing. I’m gathering boats, birds, spoons, mirrors and chairs – to represent my five principles for the year, and thinking about different ways to combine them in a bookish form.