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This is my entry for @areyoubookenough and this month theme « ancient ». A little zine made from a picture printed on cotton paper.
I took it while hiking in the wheat fields of Val di Pienza in Tuscany (where I live).
Ancient as in « grano antico » an ancient grain called Senatore Capelli and widely cultivated in Tuscany, renowned for higher protein content, rich mineral values, and superior digestibility or tolerability compared to modern mass-market wheats.
I touched up my picture with water color and embroidered it with (not quite ancient but nevertheless quite old) linen thread. by @verbal18

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15 days ago

My entry for #areyoubookenough June challenge ”Circus”.
Memories from childhood came back to me. Old-fashioned circus. Those red and white stripes…
I’m glad the use of animals is banished nowadays in most modern circuses…
This is my fist attempt at a tunnel books😉 by @verbal18

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4 months ago

I missed the deadline; this is (was) my entry for the May #areyoubookenough challenge “Poetry”
A little flagbook with extracts of poems by one my favorite French poet Paul Eluard.
La courbe de tes yeux fait le tour de mon coeur,
Un rond de danse et de douceur,
Auréole du temps, berceau nocturne et sûr,
Et si je ne sais plus tout ce que j’ai vécu
C’est que tes yeux ne m’ont pas toujours vu.

Feuilles de jour et mousse de rosée,
Roseaux du vent, sourires parfumés,
Ailes couvrant le monde de lumière,
Bateaux chargés du ciel et de la mer,
Chasseurs des bruits et sources des couleurs,

Parfums éclos d’une couvée d’aurores
Qui gît toujours sur la paille des astres,
Comme le jour dépend de l’innocence
Le monde entier dépend de tes yeux purs
Et tout mon sang coule dans leurs regards.

Paul Eluard, Capitale de la douleur, 1926

La terre est bleue
Paul Eluard
La terre est bleue comme une orange
Jamais une erreur les mots ne mentent pas
Ils ne vous donnent plus à chanter
Au tour des baisers de s’entendre
Les fous et les amours
Elle sa bouche d’alliance
Tous les secrets tous les sourires
Et quels vêtements d’indulgence
À la croire toute nue.

Les guêpes fleurissent vert
L’aube se passe autour du cou
Un collier de fenêtres
Des ailes couvrent les feuilles
Tu as toutes les joies solaires
Tout le soleil sur la terre
Sur les chemins de ta beauté.

Paul Eluard, L’amour la poésie, 1929 by @verbal18

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4 months ago

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4 months ago

My entry for April #areyoubookenough challenge « blueprint ». A little flagbook (my first) inspired by nature and cyanotype - conveniently blue and used once upon a time for blueprints! - Not very original, I agree but I love cyanotype and it gave me the impulse to try this new book form (the flagbook) that I find very whimsical … by @verbal18

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5 months ago

I confess I had a hard time finding an idea for the theme @areyoubookenough of this month “clothing”…
Then came to my mind a French proverb “l’habit ne fait pas le moine”; it literally translates as “the dress does not make the monk”.
Funnily enough the equivalent in English is : “ you can’t judge a book by its cover”!…
Here it is… by @verbal18

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8 months ago

For aybe’s theme of January, @areyoubookenough I chose to illustrate my origins, more precisely in rendering a tribute to the women in my family and their influence on my creative self. I used the structure of a blizzard book which allowed me to insert opposite each photo an envelop hiding a little thank you note… A keepsake to protect precious memories.
Cover made from used poster of Beato Angelico representing La Madonna and child , old envelops from the 30’s, old paper music from my grandma, cyanotype pictures by @verbal18

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8 months ago

« toutes les couleurs sont dans la nature » Book art challenge december 2025- theme color- natural inks and monotype
Colors are everywhere in nature and some time ago I was lucky enough to follow a workshop on inkmaking with Auria from @vintagefable ; it opened a whole new world from botanical printing to chlorophyll printing … but this will be for another theme maybe😉
#areyoubookenough #bookarts #areyoubookenoughchallenge #areyoubookenough_color by @verbal18

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10 months ago

Spaces where I feel safe, hidden in music paper…. Vintage music paper (from my grand-mother) origami paper, cyanotype #aretoubookenough #areyoubookenough_space #bookart #pliages by @verbal18

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a year ago

Cyanotype on rock

@alternativeprocesses grazie🙏😘 by @verbal18

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a year ago

Impression of Sandnessjœn No taken in Sandnessjøen havn by @verbal18

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a year ago

Lucy aurait dû avoir 16 ans aujourd’hui 😔 by @verbal18

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2 years ago