Tulip Time 2015 – Holland, MI

Tonight my wife and I took our annual trip out to Holland, MI for Tulip Time. Though the festival doesn’t officially begin until tomorrow (May 2), this was the best night for us in the next week and the weather was grand.

Below you will get a glimpse of what we saw, minus the good (but bad for you!) festival food (yes, I had a deep fried corn dog, fresh-cut fries, and funnel cake – all delicious!).

I may add that the tulips are in very good shape, mainly because most of them were unopened. So, it should be a good 2015 Tulip Festival. If you are heading out there, enjoy the beauty and the tasty food. 🙂

The Veterans’ Memorial in Central Park

And, of course, we must not neglect the klompen dancers in the streets.

More Book Art: The Work of Jacqueline Rush Lee | Book Patrol

Still Harmony: The Work of Jacqueline Rush Lee | Book Patrol.

For our first “Friday Fun” item today we post another book artist’s work. I am amazed at what people can do with old (or newer), discarded books. I think you will appreciate the artistry involved in this woman’s work.

Here’s the introduction to this “Book Patrol” post and two of Lee’s works. Visit the link above or the artist’s direct link imbedded below.

Jacqeuline Rush Lee has been creating bookworks for over 15 years. Her work has been and remains a staple in most anthologies that deal with contemporary bookworks. 

In 1998 Rush devised an experimental process where books and periodicals were fired in controlled kiln environments and transformed into what Rush calls “fossilized” books where “the books were no longer recognizable in their usual context, but transformed into poetic remnants of their former selves–ephemeral and ghost-like forms suggesting internal landscapes and a trajectory of time, transformation and memory…”

These “poetic remnants” emit a still harmony that retains the power of the book while transforming them into spectacular works of art.