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The Purpose of the Artist Page Before

This is "chunky page" 4" by 4" (10.2 cm x 10.2 cm) with an original lino block print 4.5" square (11.4 cm square), showing books a quotation if you read all the spines. "The purpose of the artist is to take ordinary objects and things and to turn them into magic" was written on a piece of paper found amongst the effects of Canadian artist Zbigniew Blazje (1942-2004) by his daughter, who is a good friend of mine.

 

I really like the idea and thought it would work well with the 'creative life' theme.

 

The page is engineered like a pop-up book so that if you pull down on the magic tab....

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Uploaded on April 9, 2008
Taken on April 6, 2008