WISE WORDS
5 “ X 3 1/2” and 8” with wood and bead binding. This jewel-like book of 24 pages is composed of handmade paper with a piano hinge binding. The pages are filled with watercolor paintings and embellishments of metal bits, shells and faux jewels.
The text is from
the TAO OF POWER (TAO TE CHING) by Lao Tzu, a Chinese philosopher of
the sixth century BC. His words are as powerful today as the day they
were written. The more things change the more they stay the same in
this world obsessed with power and control.
Elena Mary Siff is a mixed media artist who works with altered book
forms. She has shown her books, collages and assemblages in many
international exhibitions, most recently in the 4th. International Book
Triennial in Vilnius, Lithuania 2006. 
This exhibition will travel to
the Oceanside Museum in Southern California in 2007.
Siff’s book objects are featured in NEW DIRECTIONS IN ALTERED BOOKS by
Gabe Cyr, Lark Books 2006elenamary.etsy.com