The link between the book as an object made to be touched, smelt, seen, heard
and the book as a thought made to be read, is the beginning of my work.
I imagine the decoration as a counterpoint of the book content.
« DE CONTEMPTU MUNDI » Sine de miseria conditionis humane Libri tres
INNOCENTIO PAPA III
XVI th century
Ochre kidskin parchment marquetry
Size :113 x 78 x 11 mm
« ORIGINE DES GRACES »
from Miss D***
1777
Bound in full grey kidskin parchment
work standing out in relief
and transparency
size : 218 x 141 x 17
« FABLES » from Mister De La FONTAINE
Ochre and grey kidskin parchment marquetery
work standing out in low relief
Friezes composed with different animals
from the fables