L-O-S-T Connections

I have been VERY busy putting together

my submission of 12 handmade books based on 

the theme of "The Missing Typewriter Key" for the 

Book Art Object 

project that I am participating in.

I never envisaged how much time would

be spent thinking, searching, deliberating, 

working on process, creating, more deliberating, editing 

and exacting this little run of handmade books.

Whilst I don't wish to give too much away

(as I wish the BAO recipients of my book

to gain some small sense of surprise upon receipt),

The above images appear in my final work up.

These century old sepia photographs 

were found in the ceiling of a house my brother moved into over a decade ago,

and I feel they are missing their history and connection as

the immediate family wasn't interested in retrieving them 

when we told them of their discovery.

They seem to hark from the Toowoomba/Ipswich region

of Queensland (Australia) and the only

information I have is from a tribute card

for the sweet little girl with the blonde curly hair

whose name was Elsie May Baills,

beloved daughter of Sam and Martha Baills

(lost to her family at the tender age of 10 yrs 10mths on 23rd April 1914).