Vanitas

Skeleton with Medicinal Plants

the front cover of Vanitas 

Vanitas is a book of drawings executed in ink, watercolor, gouache and pastel. The book itself was made in India and is composed of handmade paper. As an object, it seduced me from the moment I laid eyes upon it.  Most of the objects and plants depicted in the book are objects and plants that I have lived with. There are some people and animals depicted in the in the book, but they're mostly life drawings or from photographs of strangers.

The book has taken me few years. All of the plants herein are long dead. I still have most of the objects. The covers are adorned with a variety of knife blades.