Surface and illusion
In each book, every page is an individually constructed collage, where layers of long fibred Abaca tissue and silk are pasted together, with metalic and recycled paper shapes embedded between the layers. On this textured surface the digital image is printed. Surface marks and textures interact with computer marks. The result is a translucent, tactile surface which can be further cut, punched or pierced. Seeing becomes a game of guessing – which is real, part of the surface, and which illusory. Covers and boxes are layered, cut and waxed.
The weight of the sea – limitless and deep
Deep 4
2 Books : Each, Folded : 16cm x 22 cm 12 double pages,
Box : page 33.5cmx 23.5cm x 3.5cm
Deep 3
Book : 22cm x 15.5cm opened out : 22cm x 24.8cm
Box size : 23.5cm x 17.5cm
Deep 2
Book : folded size : 22.2 cm x 29 cm Fully opened : 22.2 cm x 116
Box : 31 cm x 24 cm x 4 cm box
20 pages, 10 in each box
Deep 1
Deep
Box : 34.5 cm x 24 cm x 4 cm box
Book : folded size : 32.5 cm x 22.5 cm 18 pages
Pat Hodson 