A writing practice has come to blossom through my visual arts explorations.

Even though it seems obvious and common at first, the book medium is a true revelation to me : merging text and image within one unique tridimensional object totally meets my taste for multidisciplinary work.

Also, even though a book will easily travel about, its ability to open for only one person at a time makes it very private. This allows me to truly share the intimacy and respect which define my relation to the forest, while spreading my sense of deep ecology and connexion to self.

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Sweets Summer, 2024, object book : graphite, black pen ink, mixed charcoal, hand-crafted coating (water, cornstarch, zinc oxyde, vegetal glycerin), hand-crafted inks (pot marigold, wild raspberry, black chokeberry, culinary rhubarb, tall rattlesnakeroot, speckeld adler, black-eyed susan, blue flag, butternut, haskap, beaked hazelnut, fire cherry, red curly-leaf kale), hand-crafted varnish (sodium alginate and vegetal glycerin), binders and additives (sodium alginate, alum, sodium carbonate, vinegar, salt, tartar, citric acid, iron and copper oxydes, calcium carbonate, tannic acid, oxalic acid) and golden birch leaf on raw cotton canvas, laminated pine board, laid paper and Saint-Gilles paper, wax linen thread, white and brown linen threads, horse molars and phalanx, 5 x 76 x 18 cm.

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Linear Circle, 2024, object book : hand-crafted ink (shaggy ink cap with a mix of culinary rhubarb, haskap and iron oxyde) on white Clairefontaine paper 250 g, L’Algue d’or paper, rusty iron ring, 7 x 28 x 16 cm closed / 11 x 50 x 50 cm open. Crossing of Eastern (ensō) and Western (Fibonacci sequence) wisdom. Intimist exhibition, Caravansérail / photo Fanny Basque.

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Solitude, 2024, object book : graphite, black ink pen and hand-crafted inks (true indigo (spirales), mix of true indigo, culinary rhubarb, common buckwheat, red curly-leaf kale) on Japanese paper, wooden stick, metal handles, screw, metal washer, ribbon, methyl cellulose, 47 x 152 cm open / 6 x 6 x 47 cm rolled. Intimist exhibition, Caravansérail / photo Fanny Basque.

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Noeud vital, 2024, object book : white spruce stump, black pen ink on laid paper and Saint-Gilles paper, 80 x 111 x 50 cm. First two images during Intimist exhibition, Caravansérail / photos Fanny Basque.

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Returning Home, 2024, object book : graphite, hand-crafted inks (chaga and butternut) on Saint-Gilles paper, horse and ewe vertebrae, dry graminaceous stem, 23 x 38 x 19 cm. Intimist exhibition, Caravansérail / photo Fanny Basque.

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Latency, 2024, artist’s book : text digitally printed on paper 75 g, center linocut printed under press on white Stonehenge paper 250 g, cover with Canson paper 300 g dyed with hand-crafted ink (mix of Canadian goldenrod and common grave vine), raw linen thread, embroidery thread, 22 x 16 cm. Center linocut made during a residency at L’imprimerie centre d’artistes. Intimist exhibition, Caravansérail / photo Fanny Basque.

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The Call of Disillusionment, 2024, artist’s book : silkscreen prints with hand-crafted inks (mixed charcoal and yellow ochre from Percé) on Stonehenge paper 250 g, cover of Saint-Gilles paper dyed with culinary rhubarb root, transluscent glossy archives paper, Japanese style binding, waxed linen thread, white cotton thread, 29 x 21 cm. Silkseen prints made during a residency at L’imprimerie centre d’artistes.

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21 Days, 2024, artist’s book : graphite, black ink pen, natural pigment watercolour, chaga dye and hand-crafted inks on laid paper, white unryu, washi, white Canson 300 g, transluscent glossy archives paper, Japanese style binding, wax linen and brown linen threads, 14 x 38 cm.

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a-ouuuu !, 2024, artist’s book : graphite, black ink pen, hand-crafted inks (wild sarsaparilla, pot marigold, common buckwheat, wild raspberry) on laid paper, Saint-Gilles, Canson 300 g, white unryu and pink L’Algue d’or, pieces of beard lichen, golden and white birch bark, Japanese style binding, embroidery thread, 28 x 10 cm.

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The Book of Storks and Planets, 2024, artist’s book : archives felt pen and natural pigment watercolour on laid paper, transluscent glossy archives paper, Saint-Gilles, printed patterned paper, Japanese style binding, black cotton thread, 10 x 26 cm.

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Love Run, 2022, zine : digital printing on white cardboard, original with hand-crafted inks (hedge bedstraw, wild raspberry, common tansy, St. John’s wort, red curly-leaf kale), piece of beard lichen and metal paper clip, accordion binding, 11 x 7 cm, 100 copies.

The Expectation, 2022, zine : digital printing on beige cardboard, original with hand-crafted ink of common ink cap, accordion binding, 11 x 7 cm, 100 copies.

Doubt, 2022, zine : digital printing on white cardboard, original with hand-crafted inks (blood amaranth, bog-myrtle, American pussy willow, red curly-leaf kale, copper oxyde), embroidery thread, 11 x 14 cm, 50 copies.

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The Expectation, full text :

WHAT YOU EXPECT IS BOUND NOT TO COME.

(Except for mosquitos. They do come.)

LET IT COME.

(Even mosquitos. What else could you do?)