I'm going back to America in just over a week, and I've been clearing out my art supplies and trying to use up material so I don't have to carry them all that way across the ocean (not to mention the excess of art supplies I have stashed in my mother's attic). I came across a stack of small papers and their cardboard protectors hidden deep in my backpack that I'd been carrying around since I flew from Chicago six months ago. I was touched my the size and shape of this small stack of papers. I decided to make a book of all the sketches I've been accumulating in my sketchbook-- images I never thought would reach the light of day-- as a kind of self-reflection of my time here in Europe, and the images that have been floating in my mind throughout.
Also, of course, the book addresses one of the most
pressing questions of our time:
Will Heaven Have Sandwiches?
pressing questions of our time:
Will Heaven Have Sandwiches?
"Will Heaven have Sandwiches" consists of 30 original drawings, a title page, and a colophon. Each page is composed of graphite & ink, and has 4 layers of clear glossy lacquer that gives the low-quality paper a nice thick feeling. The cover is made of book board, recycled leather, and bound & ornamented with embroidery thread.
"Lurking Lurkers will continue to draw and travel
until the Sandwich question has been answered."
-LL
Update (12/2013): I'm happy to say that this piece has been accepted into the Kohler Art Library's Permanant Collection of Artist's Books! This is a one-of-a-kind item, so you can only see it there :)
"Lurking Lurkers will continue to draw and travel
until the Sandwich question has been answered."
-LL
Update (12/2013): I'm happy to say that this piece has been accepted into the Kohler Art Library's Permanant Collection of Artist's Books! This is a one-of-a-kind item, so you can only see it there :)