One Hundred & Eighty Seven Words for Home

A coptic bound handmade book exploring the connection between language and memory.

It is a list compiled from a short writing exercise in which I wrote down objects, sounds and scents that I could remember from the house I grew up in. I tried not to focus too consciously, instead, simply allowing the list to reveal itself as I mentally strolled through the house.

The objects, sounds and scents listed can, for me, be so clearly linked to childhood memory, that they almost form another language; one of specific association to home.

The book is coptic bound - a type of binding new to me, and one that I improve at with each new book!

One Hundred & Eighty Seven Words for Home,' 2015

14.3 x 18.7cm

Inkjet printed on 120gsm goatskin parchment, 

135gsm Colorplan china white and 270gsm Colorplan mandarin

Swatches of Conversation

Fragments of conversations from people passing by, in cafes, libraries etc. 

'it's just about taste'

'you know when you breathe in'

This makes for an interesting read and it was fun to compile!

It's intended that the reader will wonder about the parts of the conversation not heard and think (and even create) about the characters and lives unknown.

'Swatches of Conversation' 2015

10.5 x 4cm, Inkjet on 225g Kaskad card