Among the artist books we saw at the library, the series of pop up books grabbed my attention. I loved the object like elements of it, and the fact that a book, which is mostly in 2D form, becomes 3D and comes alive.  I also liked the method of gate folding that I saw from the artist book called ‘Rape.’ The symbolism of the seal that was closing the book was also very interesting.

But among them, the boxes that where containing the artist books caught my eyes. They where sealed with strings and buttons, and it became a cross shape when it was all open. Since the book I was planing to make for my memory project had to contain small figures of characters init, I thought that it would be a good idea to use that box method in my book.

My idea for my artist book is to relate the story of the Little Prince, which was and still is one of my favorite books, into the sceneries of the Boston area that I am living right now to connect my childhood memory from Korea to the life I have now in the US. each pages will be containing a picture I took around the city, and I will have small characters that the viewers can place on the pages. I will have to be careful with the perspective and scale of the figures so they can be placed on anywhere in the page and still doesn’t look odd.  When the viewers are done playing, they can store the figures in the middle of the book, and close up the box.