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A Taste of Interfictions 2

“Every day for three decades, the abandoned house strains against its galling anchors, hoping to pull free. It has waited thirty years for its pipes and pilings to finally decay so it can leave for Florida to find the Macek family. Nobody in its Milford neighborhood will likely miss the house or even notice its absence; it has hidden for decades behind overgrown bushes, weeds, and legends. When they talk about the house at all, the neighbors whisper about the child killer who lived there long ago with his family: a wife and five children who never knew their father kept his rotting playmate in the crawlspace until the police came. The house, however, knows the truth and wants to confess it, even if it has to crawl eight hundred miles.”
From: Remembrance is Something Like a House by Will Ludwigsen

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Auction #16: A Binding For The Moon

November 16th, 2009

Berry Moon, Bound
by Erzebet Yellowboy

A limited edition of 1 copy bound for the Interstitial Arts Foundation, the book measures approximately 5 inches high by 4 inches wide. Handmade Lokta paper, glass beads, faux berries, cotton thread and silver foil make up the cover along with a spine of black cloth. Lokta paper throughout, text printed on white, laid paper.

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“Berry Moon” by Camilla Bruce

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I chose Camilla’s story to work with because it so wonderfully describes the relationship between artist and muse. It is said that the muse – whether she dictates writing, binding, beading, singing or painting – knows her artist more intimately than anyone else. It is also said that we must not neglect our muses. In ancient times, shrines were built to honor the muses and cults existed which venerated them at springs or fountains or caves. Today some believe that the muse is no more than a myth.

When I begin to bind a book, the text with which I am working becomes my muse, informing the color, shape and structure of its eventual container. For this book, the text of the story clearly revealed the colors, texture and decoration of the finished piece. It is the text that creates the book; my hands are merely the tools through which the story operates. I find that my work flows more smoothly when I maintain an awareness of the muse who guides me. This book came into being like magic; there was no hesitation between its initial layout and the final bead being tied to the spine. I can say, after binding it, that the muse is no myth. She is real, and this is my offering to her.

Erzebet Yellowboy

Story, Artist, Author: Berry Moon, Camilla Bruce, Erzebet Yellowboy
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