Leafs: volume one

by Rosaire Appel

LEAF(s) is a sketchbook of graphite rubbings of leaves, made not for the sake of cataloging perfect specimens, nor for identification purposes - I made these for the pleasure of the gesture of rubbing graphite on paper and seeing the leaf forms emerge. The process, though fairly mechanical, requires a loose, sustained form of concentration not unlike meditation.This process, as well as many other types of ritualistic mark-making that use repeatable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1448692989
• ISBN13: 9781448692989
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 76 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.2" x 8.0"