Over Time

2019

Book

Over Time explores the progression of decay (represented here as rust), but in reverse. The book begins with heavily rusted paper, but as it continues, the pages become less rusted until the last page where the marks are very feint. Much of my work is concerned with the decaying of our world, but in Over Time I explore what the reversing of that decay might look like.

The pages of the book are rust dyed with vinegar. The paper has been folded to create valleys, which are then stitched by machine on the mountain folds to form a concertina. The cover is bleached black cotton.