Magdéleine Ferru
Marjon Mudde
USA
France
www.justmagd.com
https://artmarjonmudde.wordpress.com/

Hour Twelve
2023
Photography and letterpress
8,3 x 8,3 x 1 (closed)

Artist Statement

Artist book designed by Magdéleine Ferru and Marjon Mudde including a poem by Myrtle Marie Marmaduke (1898-1992), Denver CO, USA, published in 1991 in « After Many Million Heartbeats » (Peregrine Smith Books).

Three generations of women creators connected by the theme of this book.

A nostalgic poem allowing multiple layers of comprehension about love and life from birth untill old age. The author employs metaphores of the forces of Nature, which inspired the layered visuals, held in an elegant sober binding.

Design and layout by Marjon Mudde and Magdéleine Ferru
Photography and digital layering by Magdéleine Ferru
Digital printing par by Marc Jeanneteau
Hand printed letterpress by Marjon Mudde, who also designed and handbound the open binding using the « ladder stitch »
Edition of six, numbered and signed by both artists