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David Ruhlman self taught painter www.davidruhlman.com painter folkart Regions which are not ruled by time or space (for Ferdinand Cheval)
Regions which are not ruled by time or space (for Ferdinand Cheval) -detail
mixed media / reconstructed book
1998


This is the first book I made, I was given the front and back cover as a gift. I had no idea how to bind a book, so I poked holes in it and put some thread through it. I never thought of the books as "art" or something that would be seen outside of a few people. They mainly started as objects that I would be able to work out some ideas/materials that I was interested in.

I was fasinated by Ferdinand Cheval so made a little homage to him.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Cheval