My concertina style look book communicates a feeling/mood of escapism through 12 fold out pages stitched together from 4 sheets of A4 paper using dental floss. The covers are made from wood covered in floral fabric and dark leather. The word escape is spelt out, a pop out letter on every other page, throughout the book. The imagery used is quite abstract, I have photographed the pages in pairs to give a brief explanation of my choices and so the details can be seen more clearly;
I selected the first image to represent escapism in terms of nature space & freedom, getting away from it all like Lucy does when she goes away by herself, plus its a beautiful photograph. The second page is a hand written letter containing the phrase 'travel hundreds of miles' with a stamp in the corner. Lucy loves letter writing and it can certainly be seen as a form as escapism in the same way as reading.
The third page shows a bird escaping from a cage, a more literal representation that also conveys Lucy's style as she has used imagery of birds in her books. The forth page has the sheet music for 'Lucy locket lost her pocket' in the background as music can be an escape for some people and Lucy said sound was important to her. I also used that particular song with the image of a tiny porcelain kitten because Lucy collects these 'lost' items because she wants to give them a home.
The fifth page shows sewn on butterflies escaping from a patterned carpet bag and the words 'halfway through' as the next page is the centre of the piece. This sixth page is an image of a Victorian lady holding a tea tray transfered on to fabric with the hand stitched letters 'Cup of tea'. Lucy said tea breaks are very important to her while shes working, this is like a miniature escape and moment to relax and reflect so I have sewn a tea break in to the middle of my book.
The seventh page is also central in the book so continues the tea break with imagery I think relevant to Lucy and a tiny spoon, an interesting found object that I thought I would include! The eighth page is a watercolor study of a bird in flight over top of some text out of an old stained book.
The ninth page is an image I found really clever, a figure being embraced by a page of text. I have written around the figure 'escape in to the arms of a good book'. The tenth page is a cut out of a vintage bicycle. Transport is an oppurtunity for escape, you could hop on that bike and go anywhere...
The eleventh page shows two flying kites and the text 'Let go'. The final image is a tunnel of books that i though was really relevent and interesting. You could crawl down there and escape in to another world...
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