Book with contours, 2008

A book with contours, by Wilson Yau, 2008
A book with contours, by Wilson Yau, 2008

I transformed the pages of a blank sketchbook through cutting. The shapes were based on my observations of the flaking layers of bark found on the mature London plane trees (Platanus × acerifolia) growing in Hackney Downs, London, during 2008. The book was on temporary display at the final show of the Art & Design in Education PGCE at the Institute of Education, London.

Close-up: A book with contours, by Wilson Yau, 2008
Close-up: A book with contours, by Wilson Yau, 2008
Close-up: A book with contours, by Wilson Yau, 2008
Close-up: A book with contours, by Wilson Yau, 2008
Close-up: A book with contours, by Wilson Yau, 2008
Close-up: A book with contours, by Wilson Yau, 2008
Bark, London plane tree, Hackney Downs, 2008. Photograph by Wilson Yau
Bark, London plane tree, Hackney Downs, 2008. Photograph by Wilson Yau