Playing: Music, Medieval Times and Shapes
I finished 2021 with finesse. I created a book around a piece of music by Joni Mitchell. She is one of Canada's greatest musical storytellers. The song I chose is called, Both Sides Now. BOTH SIDES NOW Both Sides Now is a song about life. Joni Mitchell takes us through life as she experienced it. I decided to create this book using the pochoir technique. The front and back covers have two masks on them, which is a representation of Jean Lambert Rucki's, ' Double Mask' sculpture, and paste paper. T Front Cover Back Cover I spent a lot of time creating and cutting out stencils for this book. It was an incredibly satisfying creative process. There are twenty-four pages of Fabriano watercolour paper. The cover page is a combination of lettering and paper cutting. Cover Page Rows and rows of angel hair And ice cream castles in the air And feather canyons everywhere I looked at clouds that way But now they only block the sun They rain and snow on ever