Title
Preview
Creation Date
2006
Description
I began my process of making these boxes by choosing imagery beginning with every letter of the alphabet from the card catalog. I choose words with strong visual meaning; Words that are descriptions for concrete objects. Then I cut silhouettes of these images and constructed boxes out of the corresponding cards. I covered the boxes with beeswax. It made the cards more durable as well as sealed the layers of cards together. Beeswax is a strong archival material as well as naturally the same color of the old yellowing cards. The overall esthetic of the piece is similar to a child’s building blocks. The blocks are the product of the cards representing the books and all the knowledge and imagery they contain.
Keywords
Columbus State University, CSU Libraries, Card Catalog, Art, Sculpture
