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Books, Boxes, Paper Objects, etc.

Oceanic Diaspora, Or the Shell Game, 2006
 
Handmade box with ten compartments containing eleven paper shells. Each shell contains an aphorism...

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Oceanic Diaspora, Or the Shell Game (closed, detail), 2006

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Oceanic Diaspora, detail

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Oceanic Diaspora, detail (open)

Mujo (Evanescence), 2003.
 
Series of five books, using handmade Japanese paper and natural dyes. Each book displays one of the color combinations associated with the five seasons (from the Heian period), and also corresponds to one of the main female characters in the eleventh century novel The Tale of Genji.

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Mujo (Evanescence), Spring, 2003

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Mujo, winter

Nettles and Burrs, 2006.
 
Artist's book with hand-cut stencils complimenting a short story by Theodore Gachot. Natural pigments on handmade kozo paper.

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Nettles and Burrs

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East-West Hybrids: Ethiopian book structures using Japanese papers

All the paper shown on this website is handmade by the artist and dyed with natural colorants
images/info copyright Tatiana Ginsberg, except as noted