Dear you,
Quickly are rituals formed. As evening settles, when all is on way to quiet, you’ll find me in the Botanic Gardens of Ballarat, having my chin grazed, teased, tickled by a statue of alabaster. All secrets are revealed at dusk, in gardens green or otherwise.
Yours in a flush,
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+ The animal featured in this postcard is a Vicuña (Vicugna vivugna) from South America. They are known to live in groups of up to fifteen females led by a male (in territory fiercely guarded), or in all-male herds (who wander nomadically). They are known to be fast and graceful animals, capable of maintaining speeds of 47 km/h over long distances, even at high altitudes.
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Traveller dear,
Louise and I make artists’ books, we make all sorts of things, and most usually we make things on paper. Collaboration comes naturally to us both; it is an enjoyable and wholly inspiring process that yields treasure not possible without the other. Working side-by-side, as we do from our home-based studio in Melbourne, Australia, it is a pattern we are familiar with; a path we are delighted to tread, seeing what new scenario evolves. Collaboration throws up the unexpected, and what is not to like about that?
With paper sufficient to cover the moon and sincerely yours,
Gracia Haby
