I'm at a funky hot spring I sometimes go to when I need to, and this morning I saw a beautiful snake curled up by my campsite. Determining that it was not a rattle snake, I watched it unwind, flash its forked tongue at me a few times, and then spiral away slowly into the bushes. I felt quite graced by that presence! Which may or may not have anything to do with finding another "book that never happened" in my Blog, and wanting to share it again, as well as to remind myself to not let it just vanish. It was a proposal for a book arts residency that I didn't get. I really should see about just finishing the book myself somehow........................
Nov. 17, 2017
This is the time of year I go through the tedious process of applying for things, which I try not to be disappointed by when the rejections roll in. I figure it's kind of like "artist Bingo".......sometimes you win. And I've "won" a few times in the past, and been fortunate to have some great residencies and even a few awards and fellowships. So this was an application to make an artist's book in the spring at the Women's Studio Center in New York. Usually I tear my hair out when I make these applications, but this was fun!
A book would consist of no more than 20 pages all silk screened and hand bound, so the pages would really be part of a "bound theme show" in a way. I returned to my many years of devotion to the Legend of the Spider Woman in coming up with these prototypes for pages. With so much competition, I seriously doubt I'll be considered, but, the ideas were fun to make and who knows, maybe they could become a book anyway. I shall never tire of images that speak to me of the meaning of "A Webbed Vision".
All images are copyright Lauren Raine MFA (2017)
This is really beautiful and different!
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