The Book of the Moon

The Book of the Moon

Watercolour and metal leaf on giclée print, hand-cut, -scored, -folded; pouch: bookcloth, wool felt, nickel stud and satin cord, hand-cut and assembled.

Like an ancient magical talisman, this small book emerges from its carrying pouch to unfold into a complete circle. The twenty-eight phases of the moon are revealed, along with the mansions (manazil, groups of stars) and zodiacal signs it travels through, and the twenty-eight letters of the Arabic alphabet that are said to be closely associated with this cycle. Four different Kufic scripts are used for different layers of information.