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Sanctuary, artist’s book, detail
Sanctuary, artist’s book, closed view Sanctuary, artist’s book, open view Sanctuary, artist’s book, detail
For this book, I wanted to explore my relationship to Christianity, the religion in which I was raised, rebelled against, and continue to question and consider. Handwritten elements narrate my own story, while letterpress-printed text expresses aspects of the liturgy or Biblical imperatives. I used a French Door structure to reinforce the sense of “entering in” to a sacred space or delving deeper into philosophical questions, while allowing for circular or contradictory thought to manifest on the opposing pages, depending on how the book is read. The paper cuts and inset decorative papers evoke the beauty of the sanctuary and, therein, the relationship—both physical and symbolic—to light.