‘Palm leaf’ book structure in mahogany covers.

This artist’s book is inspired by an ancient Tibetan monastery book that is in the collection of the Wellcome Foundation in London. Based on the old Asian ‘palm leaf book’ this piece features mahogany covers with a carved and ink-painted mandala on the front and further painted mandalas on the inner pages. This book came about while I was studying various historical book structures around 1995-1996.