Page from the book "Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God; with the History of the Devotion to Her. Completed by the Traditions of the East, the Writing of the Fathers, and the Private History of the Jews." The title actually keeps going, believe it or not. But I think that's quite enough. Published by D. & J. Sadler & Co., 31 Barclay St., New York, 1853. With gold leaf and orange dye.
For the Rifrakt holiday show this past weekend, I made a bunch of collage-y pieces from old books. I cut out some pages and then selectively applied gold and/or silver leaf, and sometimes orange dye. This one's just silver leaf. The illustration is from a book of stories and poems called "Chatterbox", published in 1885.
Come say hi and get your holiday shopping done early. Everything's $10, and handmade, and awesome. Your giftees will flip out, if they like art. And things that are awesome. Because that's what we got right here:
I'll be joining the Rifrákt folks for this art show/sale in JP this Saturday. I won't have any photos this time. Instead, I did some collage-ish things on paper. Here's a preview below. Come get your holiday shopping done early, cheaply and, above all, classily.