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Dew blue - Tau blau
Blue-coloured paper for the colour of the flax blossoms. Rain, sun and dew cause the dew retting. Watermarked with the golden triangle of phyllotaxis and a section through a flax stalk and waterjet-drawn translucent Fibonacci numbers found on composite flowers.
2013 documentation of
my own cultivation of flax,
observation of its growth
and dew retting
Hans Chr. Andersen's flax fairy tale
German and English handset and
letterpress Wolfgang Blauert
John Gerard handmade translucent
paper from dew-retted, hackled flax
+ blue, white paper; Etching,
drawing, watermark and waterjet
flag book, eleven layers sewn on
the leporello spine can be moved
back and forth like the field
of flax blossoms in the wind
Linen hand binding and cassette
Vera Schollemann
edition 38; 22 x 18 cm
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