I just finished a book of my photographs from our Alaska trip. More than anything in Alaska I enjoyed our glacier walks. We flew by helicopter to the Meade Glacier near Skagway where the rivers of ice and ribbons of color were a feast to the eye. As we walked on the ice we peered down blue chasms, explored the boulders (erratics) and watched small streams carving their way through the surface. We hiked onto the Root Glacier near McCarthy which gave us an entirely different perspective; we hiked along a trail until the base of the glacier, tied on crampons and scrambled up onto the glacier. Finally, we took a small plane ride around Mt. McKinley (we could actually see the climbers) and saw the impressive ice fields that give birth to glaciers as well as the river that form when glaciers are melting.
A delicate flower is a contrast to the hard, scarred glacier rocks. The book cover is gravel, acrylic paints, and acrylic sand resin.
The structure is a accordian fold with photos chronicling the life of a glacier from their birth in ice fields to their final destination as icebergs and rivers.
Watercolor paper painted with pearlescent acrylic inks form the backs and serve as stands for the pages.
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This looks even better in person. I think it's one of your best. Elegant and quite well made.
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