Lisa's book: Roots.. beneath the layers

This is my first update. As you can see the book is much thicker now

with the addition of the inside cover and first page:

Now when you open the book this is what you see...

 The inside front cover has the first half of the poem "The Layers"
by Stanley Kunitz,  a poem about the journey of life. The photograph
is of my grandmother as a young girl covering her face...
appropriate to the concept in the poem about our

changing identities past and future. The second half of the
poem will be on the inside back cover of the book.

The first half of the poem...

 On the second page I've created a fiber art festival of textures and layers
using natural and vintage fabrics, wool fiber and silk sari ribbons.
There are five spears of white turquoise...each represents a participant
in this collaboration. The turquoise is also symbol of friendship.

I've created a sandwich of fabric and fiber layers in which
the spears are rooted. On an organic level... a layer is defined as a
stem that is covered with soil for rooting.

I designed the nest from mulberry bark, fibers,

silk and linen thread and egg shaped turquoise beads.

 The wood piece on the far left is another remnant from a printers tray...

the same used to create the frame around the photo on the opposite page.

This piece was added to keep the pages from getting crunched together.

Here is a close up view of the texture. This was created by
sandwiching eight layers of fabric together then stitching and slashing

the fabric to reveal all the fiber layers.
All the details on this page have been hand sewn.

Now onto the back cover...as the exchange deadline is closing in...