I believe in the alchemy of the word, the iconography of text, the labyrinth of the book.

This body of work comes from my interest in alchemy, the ancient study of philosophy and science in pursuit of perfection and transformation.
 
Is that not art?  Or, perhaps magic?

From dross to gold
From carpenters and masons tools to objects of divination
From metal scrap to reliquary box
Books rescued from fire become tablets of wisdom
Books altered and mined for myriad objects of fact and fiction.

Empty frames, open bowls, ABRACADABRA

Harriet Bart