asemic writing out

A little asemic writing page from my diary for Cheryl Penn in South Africa. Cheryl is a very active collaborative artist book and mail art worker. I love her direct, spontaneous work and enjoy doing collaborations with her and her colleagues.

New Artist book arrives

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I have just received this great little book "A Definitive guide to the structure of ASEMIC WRITING" from Cheryl Penn in South Africa . We are in a collaborative project together but I had no idea that this was the focus of her book so it was a lovely surprise especially as I have been brought back in touch with this genre through IUOMA recently. 

The cover is made from a cut up painting #72 "The Authentic Massacre of the Innocent Image Series". This is made using acrylic paint,oil paint,varnish on paper pulp and sgraffito. The little book was made for "An Encyclopedia of Everything. a collaboration of book artists and is in a hand altered edition of 10. May/June 2014.
The book uses collage, asemic text, photocopies, Hand stamped drawings and mixed media painting.
The size of the book is A6 closed and has 32 pages fastened with a single 3 hole signature stitch knotted on the outside with long threads hanging.

The images are photocopied in B&W on thick paper and hand coloured using pen, ink, paint and stamps. There is one page for every letter of the alphabet to contrast with the asemic writing that has an alphabet that varies and is illegible but gives hints of possibility of handwriting - a bit like a doctors scrawl. There are references to medical diagrams, musical notes and computer altered text. The drawings have a wonderful spontaneous feel to them, giving their mysterious message in a light open ended manner.