Wild

Joan

I enjoyed responding to this month’s LAB theme, which was Wild. I had been making a few Flag Books and wanted to do something bright and colourful which would have immediate impact. As you pull this book out of its envelope it just springs to life. Cheerful and fun.

Alison

This is based on a poem by Wendell Berry about seeking comfort from the world’s problems in nature. I don’t usually work with legible texts but this writing resonated with me. I wanted to create an atmospheric scene with the book covers mirroring the solitary retreat described in the poem. 

Patti

I had lots of circles of Heritage Bookwhite paper from a previous binding, and they seemed fitting for this month’s theme. I wrote a short poem about brambles and bindweed, and stitched them into this little book. I backed the circles with some drawings from a Kings Cross drawing day, and the end papers had been created at a Phoenix workshop. A wild mash-up – and fun! You can read the poem here.

Tony

The prompt of #wild from @londonartistsbooks reminded me of when my dad saw us climbing trees on his way home from work. His famous words to my mum were “Violet the children are running wild. They’re feral!”  This became a running joke and makes me think of the long hot endless summers where we were banished from the house.  “Don’t come back till teatime”.

Many thanks to @triciatorrington for helping me make order out of chaos.

You can read Tony’s full poem here.