When opened, "to touch and to cut" is a beautiful book object whose pages cannot be leafed
through like in an ordinary book. Instead, they are connected at one side and open to show a
shape that might remind the viewer of a flower. On the white leaves, red lines are visible that
add depth to the milky white, shine-through pages.
The leaves in fact consist of only one long, folded strip of parchment paper that is not glued
to the book and can easily be removed. Once outside its cover, it becomes apparent that this
strip is folded in an ordinary accordion style and now can be leafed through. Hold it against a
light source and you'll see that the red lines across the pages are not random at all - they are
all tan-gent to i.e. are all touching a common circle. At the same time (and less apparent) all
these lines also cut a larger circle with the same center. In fact they cut any larger circle
at the same constant angle - this is why the larger circles are not visible as the smaller,
touched circle. You have to know they are there, to know that the touching lines are also
cutting.
Parchment paper strip, folded up to form an accordion, Red felt-tip pen was used to draw the red touching and cutting lines Bookbinding cloth, cardboard and black cardstock are used to make the cover. Made in May 2009.