Book18

SketchBooks

Sermons
24 April 1993 - July 1993
handbound with rusted paper, collage, wrapped in plastic

Cover of sketchbook 18: a silhouetted photo-booth portrait taped under wrinkled white tissue streaked with rusty red drips Back cover of sketchbook 18: a photograph of an open hand pressed under waxed translucent paper, everything tea-stained and creased Journal page: the Parsons 'fine arts' senior thesis exhibition card, 1993, above taped photo strips of small sculptures — 'this was a very good idea' in pencil Sketchbook spread in ballpoint: cathedral vaults and rose windows swarming with lines — 'So I guess I'm graduating... at Riverside Church, Sat 15 May 93' Sketchbook spread in ballpoint: gothic spires and hanging chandelier-like forms of Riverside Church, drawn dense and scratchy across both pages Sketchbook spread: ballpoint portraits of friends slouched in chairs, a pasted Gemini horoscope clipping, notes from 'Sat 24 April... 12:22am at Bob's instead'