Wk. 26, Book 26: The BARD Series Cont.

here's the final installment for this month's BARD series. i really must create a YouTube channel for showing these 3D, fold out books. give me a month to work on that. meantime ---

Wk. 25, Book 25: the Post-Massacre Black Blues Book

this series has been interrupted by an unnatural act of inhuman nature. that massacre last week in South Carolina is taking me places i don't want to go, but must visit if i am to be of service to humanity at this time and to stand as cause for the restoration of peace and SANITY on Earth.

i can't stop crying 'cause i got dem ol' black blues.

i didn't feel like writing about the book i made earlier last week to post for Week 25. instead, today i made a new book, a simple 4-page accordion fold with identical black leather covers trimmed in black and white paper.

the text on this page states: We came, though not freely; we suffered; we slaved; we endured; we sacrificed, that is, made sacred our bodies; we repeat history. Mr. Obama, please end white terrorism in the U.S. against Black people once and for all, if you will, if you can.

i can forgive the murderer as i can forgive any sick being; forgiving the cause for the murders--racism--is another thing. i'm just not there yet any more than i can wrap my mind around massacres that occur in places of worship. and what does that mean, for real? 

my dear friend and fellow peace walker Audri Scott Williams says: "We as a nation must address the deep systemic presence of racism alive and well in our society. This deep rooted racism has the potential to destroy America at its very core. We must rise to meet this paradigm shifting moment with deliberate truth and extraordinary, COURAGEOUS leadership."

  RIP (from top left) Rev. Clementa Pinckney, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, Cynthia Hurd, Depayne Middletown Doctor, Ethel Lance,  Tywanza Sanders, Susie Jackson, Myra Thompson & Rev. Dr. Daniel Simmons, Sr.

Wk. 24, Book 24: The BARD Series Cont.

 like my oldest and youngest sons who are born on the same day, June 14, this week's BARDS are non-biological twins. see last week's post for particulars on the size and design. what i am loving more and more about making these little pieces of art is the unpredictable outcome. like my babies in utero, i never know what they are going to look like or what kind of personality they will have or when they will be born. the BARDS in this series are averaging 3 days to make. email me at nefnfx@gmail.com to order.

Wk. 23, Book #23: The New BARD Series

for the 23rd week i decided to make a couple of new BARDS--book-cards. however, no sooner had i finished putting the final touches on those babies, a friend bought them both right off my work table. just like that. so i made another one, but remembered to get a pic this time. that one sold, too.

one of the things that people like about these BARDS is the convenient size--@4 1/4" x 3 3/8". people especially love the accordion fold design with the decorative covers, pop ups, beads, bits of fabric, lace, pics, fold-outs, and whatever i can affix to a page. it's super tedious, creatively compelling, fun work.

no two BARDS are ever alike, which is cool. i may begin with a color scheme or theme in mind, but the creative process always trumps my intentions. let me know if you'd like to order one or more. for now, email me at nefnfx@gmail.com.