Flying Gracefully
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DETAILS
Artist:
Lee Oldford-Churchill
Press: Ladybug Paper Studio
Document Type: Codex
Category: With Video
Date: 2008
Dimensions: 13 x 12 x 2 cm
Call Number: N 7433.4 O43 A6 F95 2008
Video:
Direct Video Link
Notes:
Getting between the covers of this book is an intricate and complex process. We must first carefully unwrap the beautiful beads and string that bind round a shiny, dust-coloured, custom-made box. Within this box we discover a book that is also bound by a delicate material, this time a blue ribbon. We quickly realize that this ribbon is, in fact, integral to the book itself, since the only text of the book, a line describing the graceful flight of a winter crane, is printed upon the ribbon. The covers of the book echo this line of text, as they are filled with overlapping images of flying cranes in various poses, depicted as though we are viewing a flock of cranes from below. There are no pages within the book covers, only a single large origami crane built out of soft white paper, which gently moves its wings in a flying motion with the opening and closing of the book covers. In presenting us with an up-close and personal glimpse of this bird, this book becomes as mesmerizing and beautiful as the winter crane itself.
Text record edited by Silvia Russell at 2010-04-13 10:17:35
Press: Ladybug Paper Studio
Document Type: Codex
Category: With Video
Date: 2008
Dimensions: 13 x 12 x 2 cm
Call Number: N 7433.4 O43 A6 F95 2008
Video:
Direct Video Link
Notes:
Getting between the covers of this book is an intricate and complex process. We must first carefully unwrap the beautiful beads and string that bind round a shiny, dust-coloured, custom-made box. Within this box we discover a book that is also bound by a delicate material, this time a blue ribbon. We quickly realize that this ribbon is, in fact, integral to the book itself, since the only text of the book, a line describing the graceful flight of a winter crane, is printed upon the ribbon. The covers of the book echo this line of text, as they are filled with overlapping images of flying cranes in various poses, depicted as though we are viewing a flock of cranes from below. There are no pages within the book covers, only a single large origami crane built out of soft white paper, which gently moves its wings in a flying motion with the opening and closing of the book covers. In presenting us with an up-close and personal glimpse of this bird, this book becomes as mesmerizing and beautiful as the winter crane itself.
Text record edited by Silvia Russell at 2010-04-13 10:17:35
