From: A Circle of Love

By Joan Finnigan

From: A Circle of Love

I awoke that night
as though God had tapped me 
on the shoulder

and I realized that a miracle
had occurred in your life
because I had loved you so well

from him to me to you and outwards

I understood the progression 
of love to eternity

and like a madwoman
I wept for joy in the night

there is no reason
not to live to be a hundred 

 

The pages of this book are made out of one sheet of Arches Text Wove on which I did multiple random acrylic washes with a little salt thrown in for good measure. The final outcome brought to mind this poem by Joan Finnigan from a longer poem called “A Circle of Love”.

The lettering was done with a brush using a mix of Pro White and W&N Permanent White gouache. I later highlighted the letters with watercolor.

It’s dimensions are:

  1. 9″   W 6.75″   D .5″

The cover and box are covered in silk that I purchased in Bangladesh over 25 years ago.

This book is the property of the Douglas Library at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

The book uses a meander/maze/flutter book structure see figures 31 & 32 on this link

Meander book tutorial