Thursday, August 20, 2009

Altered Book #3 An Interpretation of Dreams



Here is a vintage copy of Sigmund Freuds 'Interpretation of Dreams' book. I found this book at a book sale-I remember reading it 20 some years ago...




I thought it would be interesting to alter this book because I often draw a connection between dreams and art. I sometimes dream of images then use the images in my paintings. I embedded a small watercolor painting of one such recurrent dream into a niche cut out of this book.




I used candle wax to seal the book shut- Freudian symbolism of the subconscious mind being closed to our consciousness.








6 comments:

  1. Wow! good idea about sealing a book with candle wax!
    Great book! thanks for showing!

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  2. Yes very well done :)
    Thanks for sharing

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  3. Thank you! The melting, dripping the wax was so fun - my favorite part of the project.

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  4. What a wonderful find! Love what you did with it!

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  5. Hi Patricia!
    WOW! How meaningful this altered book is . . . and . . . you must have spent a lot of time and care altering it . . . it's LOVELY!!!!!!

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  6. What did you use for the frame? is it fimo? This is beautiful. the painting is captivating.

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