Procession Drawing

"Procession" is the first of a series of artist's books entitled "Quadernetti". The peculiarity of this series of artist's books is the presence of an old envelope hand-sewn amidst the pages of the book. The envelope is part of a series of envelopes that contained cards given to us by guests to my wedding. My husband and I are passionate about all objects that in some way connect us to the past and that have the ability to renew memories and feeling when rediscovered after several years. This is why we decided to keep both the envelopes and cards dating bak just over two decades ago. I also love to keep all material, especially paper, that inspire me. I leave them to decant for months and often years, before visualizing what I want to use them for. Inside the envelope inside Procession you can find a small notebook, also made and sewn by hand, in which I typed one of my poems. Each artist's book of the series "Quadernetti" takes its title and is inspired by the poem that you can find inside.The pages of the book have different formats, assembled according to their size, from the smallest to the largest. This variety of sizes makes Procession special, as the front cover is smaller than the back. In this way some pages of the book are visible even when the book is closed. Procession exhist as an original unique work of art. Mixed media and materials (collage, monotype, acrylic, pastel, graphite) on paper, cards and vintage envelope assembled and sewn by hand. Measurement: front cover 13.5x20 cm - back cover 18x20 cm - depth 1.7 cm.