i spent an enormous amount of time throwing everything in my apartment onto my scanner and building the 250-odd pages of this book. the book itself never seems to have found it’s audience, but i had such a blast being able to make use of the myriad sketches, silk screens, half-finished paintings, blurry photos, and antique ephemera i have in my vast stockpiles! no one but me could have produced the pages in that book, and it gave me a lot of satisfaction to see how much work i’ve produced over the years…. and that even if i hadn’t finished something, i could still take what was best of it and stitch it to the rest. conversely, giving new life to old completed pieces felt good as well. i enjoy looking at the pages now that i am far enough away from the project and remembering what random things make up all of the layers (ie, a black lace dress became, once reversed to white, fog that lays over a line drawing of the golden gate bridge!).
the title of this post refers to how much time i spent on this project- friends would ask after my plans for the evening, and i would say, “oh, i’m spending time with my girlfiriend Charlotte” (a reference to a character referenced in the book title). following are some selected backgrounds and details of backgrounds that i like best.
Glass Jars and Shadowboxes 