Westport Island, Maine
Member for 16 years
Spring's Bright Awakening
Katie MacGregor handmade papers, written in gouache, decorative threads, book board, sonotube, book cloth, PVA, metal hangers, silver leaf.
40 x 30.5 x 17.5 cm (closed)
40 x 38 x 20.5 cm (open)
Completed in 2020
For Sale - $8,000
What inspired you to create this work or select this text for your submission?
One late winter/early spring morning, I was walking a favorite stretch under bare deciduous trees, which reach over the trail. It had rained before dawn and the sky was still overcast. The day was already heating up, creating a heavy mist rising from the slushy snow pack.
The ground, the sky, the very air was diffuse with white light, contrasted with the dark wet trees. The only signs of life were the lichens and mosses. There are certain lichens that blend with dull gray bark, and shine brightly upon damp bark. As if the trees have been gilded.
Spring's Bright Awakening is my sculptural memory of that beautiful morning. A fortunate moment when variables in nature align for one to witness something magical. Something I had never before experienced, and may never again see in my lifetime.
Joelle Webber creates artist books that combine her almost forty years of collecting binding techniques with her love of philosophy, nature, writing and sculpture. See more of Joelle’s work here.
