Spreads · Layered
Ticket Stub Layer Cake
Eleven ticket stubs from one summer stacked in a single column, each one 4 mm shorter than the one beneath it so the whole pile still closes flat in a 200 gsm notebook.
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Ephemera
Every published spread, supply note and prompt filed under Ephemera.
8 published, newest first.
Spreads · Layered
Supply notes · Layered
Rice Paper vs Tissue: The Tear Test
Six decorative papers torn by hand, by steel rule and by a wet brush line. Two of them tear in a straight line every time; the other four need water if you want a controlled edge.
Spreads · Ephemera-led
Museum Ticket Ephemera Wash
Six ticket stubs and one folded gallery map, unified with a dilute acrylic wash that pulls seven different paper tones into one family without hiding a single printed word.
Prompts · Ephemera-led
Use Only Found Paper
For one spread, nothing may come from a shop. Everything must be paper that would otherwise have been thrown away, and it must be recognisable as what it was.
Spreads · Ephemera-led
Seed Packet Ephemera Spread
Eight empty seed packets arranged by sowing month rather than by colour — the page becomes a planting calendar you can read at a glance without a single word of annotation.
Prompts · Layered
Exactly Seven Layers
Count every layer, including the base. Seven total, no more and no fewer, and the seventh must be something you would normally throw away.
Spreads · Ephemera-led
Travel Receipt Confetti Spread
Forty small receipts cut into confetti-sized pieces and scattered, then selectively glued — 14 fixed, 26 left loose under a stitched acetate window.
Prompts · Ephemera-led
Palette Prompt: Faded Rose
Build a spread from four fixed hex values — #D9A5A0, #D8B15B, #8FA3B0, #E8DCC8 — with no pure white and no pure black anywhere on the page.
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