The Ephesia Grammata [2011] or the Book of Spells is the work of J. L. Nash. It contains handwritten calligraphy, original texts and illustrations in a form of book. It contains modern English and an amalgamation language developed specifically for this project which hails from Anglo-Saxon, Middle English, Greek, Latin and the imagination of the artist. The language has structure, form and tenses. Its syntax conveys the energy and magic of meaning, translated through the Modern English calligraphy on overleafs within the handmade book. In a time when language is ever changing and developing, this installation infuses old words with ancient human desires and needs through the spells of the incantations as heard on a sound-track which accompanies. The book is illustrated by Predrag Pajdic. Bookbinding and cover made by Edward Stansell of Craft Bookbinding Co.
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- in death, life is found
- a journey of a thousand miles…
- a midsummer night’s dream
- about predrag pajdic and his work
- alis volat propris
- art can never exist without naked beauty displayed
- dawn yet to come
- do not fade…
- ephesia grammata – the book
- fallen from grace, risen from man
- hail, o hail, liberty!
- incapable of her own distress
- le jardin secret
- noetic corpus: sojourn of the soul
- none that exist can perish
- recent news, exhibitions & reviews
- sentient manifestation
- THE BOOK beneath the shadows
- the myth of yearning never ends
- the pandorian
- there is no such thing as the end
- these great americans
- till death do us part
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