Rika's Post to Connections

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Eric's entry in Julie's CONNECTIONS

Thanks, Julie!

string goes in, string goes out....

The theme of "Connections"... it made me think back to some old zinc letterpress blocks from a book about Norwegian cross-stitch patterns from the late 1800's (don't ask me how I got the blocks, but I am glad to have them!)

I printed them on some thin pine veneer that I bought in Kyoto, Japan back in 2004 (it was sold in a restaurant supply store, intended to be used to wrap up/ deliver sushi rolls: imagine receiving sushi wrapped in wood, it's exquisitely beautiful!)

The connection then to the grommets and string is thus a bit of a non sequitur... I was just thinking about what the illustrations depicted, then trying to play off Julie's initial stippling on the cover of the book, playing with a bit more physical materiality/ tactility. What in the heck is that sculptural piece in the bottom of the box, which is lovely, made out of: is it plaster? paper pulp? I was stoked to see Gail's inclusion of some 3-D bits....

Keep it going, Rika!

Eric's entry in Jo's A GAME OF CHANCE

 RED, not used in a derogatory way, just referring to China...

This was a super fun book: thanks Jo and everyone for your work on it!

Gone are the days of fretting about how to come up with an idea for a sketchbook entry: Jo's "system", as interpreted from Brian Eno, helps out immensely. 

I got RED, ALL AROUND THE OUTSIDE, ALL MATERIALS, and most importantly, SELF, which was the key for me to interptet the other cues so I could do whatever the hell I wanted! Stamping, silkscreen, stencils, splatter paint, pencil, spraypaint... this entry's got it all!

OK, now back to the classic Eric entry, lots of glittery and gold.

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