01 April 2009

Nicola Dale


While looking at mail art projects I came across this piece, where the artist has painstakingly cut leaves from pages of a book. This has made the leaves stretch out towards a source of natural sunlight, as though the book is living and changing in the way that history does. I like the whole connection to journeys here as I collect old books because of the history of them. I like the way other people have touched the book before me and it has been a part of their journey in life.