I thought I was making a book

After working through a prototype of an idea i had in mind I printed out the pages. I took images from one of my beach escapes #getaway. I worked through the idea of a particular binding to take the concertina folds, cut the back and the two stable door front openings out of acid free book board and covered them in the prints i had chosen. The prototype went well ... but this, what i thought was the 'final' book is not quite what i wanted.

It looks nice enough but its not right enough.

The images are of #getaway to Denison Beach, Tasmania two minutes out of Bicheno - a beach I visit, with a friend, on regular #getaways ... I chose images that play with longer exposures to create a lovely abstract notion of the beachscape, without losing the idea of the beach. I love the colours and the feeling of being there. There will be a few more surprises when the book is finally created and this comes from working through the 'plan'. 





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