Mr. Elephant (who has a very good memory) is bound in swathes of bandage that assist with the containment emotional distress. It represents a psychological image of him, specifically the way in which he symbolises containment of pain and distress. Mr. Elephant’s self-reflection assists with self-regulating his emotional response to moments when memories of difficult […]

BOOK REVIEW: LarkBooks has a wonderful “500 series” presenting gallery images, one item per page . I like their book on polymer clay, which is several years old, now. There’s a new book being released on Handmade Books this July that I am anxious to see, too. The “500″ books make a real contribution by […]

Last week I attended a five-day residential art retreat, Fibres Ballarat, and I’ve written more about the experience on my other blog, Ispirato.
As my personal project in Sandy Webster’s book binding class, I created a set of paper dolls; main characters from the ancient story of Sumerian goddess Inanna’s descent to the Underworld. The […]