10 Beautiful Floral Patterns Created With Rolled And Dyed Book Pages, By Cara Barer
Look at these mesmerizing patterns!
Talking about her inspiration, Barer said, "I was inspired by a crumpled, wet, and weathered Houston Yellow pages that I found on the sidewalk outside my studio. I photographed it. After looking at the images, I wanted to photograph it again. I went back the next day to retrieve it from the sidewalk. It was gone. This changed everything in my artistic practice."
"I realized I wanted to recreate that book. I started making similar images and discovered that I liked creating what I photograph, rather than taking pictures of things that already exist," she added.
Check out some of her stunning works in the gallery below.
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The artist also shared her creative process – "The process for creating my images is a mixed media approach. I consider myself an artist that uses photography. I look for used books in many places - used book stores, garage sales, library sales (withdrawn books) and friends give me old books they no longer want. I then shape them with water, clamps, paperclips and other tools. I wait for it to dry, and then proceed to photograph them, or I take one more step, and dye them, or paint on them. The process is a meditative one for me. I often work in silence. I feel satisfied at the end of a day of work, rather than tired."
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