Artist: Alicia Bailey
Title: Seeds 1
Attribution: Seeds 1, 2024, Alicia Bailey
Year: 2024
Materials: Pod book: seed pods, seed specimens, hand made paper, yarn (cotton/wool/nylon), kevlar thread, copper wire, boiled cotton, dyes. Book: paper (hand made + commercially made), digital ink, watercolor, colored pencil, hot stamping foil. Box: book board, book cloth, ink, paper (hand made + commercially made), seed pod, seed specimens, mica, cast acrylic, hot stamping foil, laser toner, acrylic.
Dimensions: Box: 20.5 x 3.5 x 4.25
Image Statement: Seeds 1 is a book structure with elongated and halved seed pods a covers and woven fiber page panels. Both book and box tray include seed specimens. It is housed in a drop spine box that includes a small book featuring watercolors of seed specimens.