Animal Mineral Vegetable Book 12

The five pages of this book are made with mica, Moriki paper, plant materials gathered from my yard & favorite forests, feathers & snake skin sheds from a nearby wetland & butterfly specimens from an inherited archive. Each page is edged with Moriki paper, as are the covers. The covers are made with collaged leather, using a technique called Lacunose, over book boards. The binding is a wire edge style using brass rods & linen thread. Book label is laser etched mica over snake skin shed and paper. Housed in a box of book board covered with custom painted book cloth. A a sea turtle bone found on a beach in Mexico and gifted to me by a neighbor is attached to a Lacunose tray base. The tray platform is of cast acrylic edged with Moriki paper. The box labels are laser etched mica over paper. A folded colophon, digitally printed on Elephant Hide paper, is affixed to the inside front cover.