To have and to hold
When a book is also a vessel ♦ one is able to wait for thought. ♦ Think: what do candles know? ♦ Sometimes it is the bit of disharmony that makes a piece sing. ♦ Some things will be kept and some thrown into the fire.
Photo by Elisabeth Arnold on Unsplash
Today’s combistory is almost entirely quoted text, but lengthy red links don’t stand out from each other, so I selected words or phrases instead of highlighting whole sentences. Please follow the links. That’s the point of this combinatory play.
Jennifer Rose Wolken is a Missouri Ozarks Region interdisciplinary artist with a focus on sculptural book arts. Her piece “To Have and To Hold” features gorgeously textured handmade papers sewn into a leather bowl stitched closed like a baseball.
More of Jennifer Wolken’s art can be found on Instagram.
Artist, poet, and freelance writer J. I. (Judy) Kleinberg lives in Washington state. I’m obsessed with the found poems she creates from magazine and journal pages. She is widely published and has been nominated three times for a Pushcart Prize. Many of her poems are posted on her blog, chocolate is a verb. She describes her process to Paul Nelson in this fabulous YouTube video. You can also follow her on Instagram.
Theresa Kishkan is a gifted and prolific writer from the Sunshine Coast. Reading her work, I learn endless interesting things, such as the physics of candles and the truth about moths being drawn to flames (spoiler: they’re not). Her most recent book, Blue Portugal and Other Essays, is available from University of Alberta Press.
Liz Kettle is a textile artist, teacher, and the creator of the Stitch Meditation Process. You can find her at Textile Evolution and on Instagram.
Laurie Doctor is a calligrapher, painter, and teacher based in Kentucky. Her musings are deep dives into liminal space, littered with signposts to enrich a spiritual journey.
2 Responses to “To have and to hold”
What a rich tapestry of offerings. I enjoyed these sites immensely.
I’m so glad you explored and enjoyed them, Joan. xo