Carol Wiebe

I just finished this little handmade art book . . . .  it’s about 4.5″ x 5.5″. It cups nicely in the hand, and was created much like OVA. This book was created for a dear friend whom I spent some time with this summer. She and her husband live close to the ocean. We were walking on the shore,  and a small boy asked us if we would like to see his starfish. This prompted a poem, and then the art book. Front cover Front and back cover pp 01 ~ 02 pp 03 ~ 04 pp 05 ~ 06 pp 07 ~ 08

Do you want to see my starfish? the small boy exulted, flauntinghis treasure before usand everyone else on the beach.We smiled and paid himour attention    butcan anyone own a starfish(or a husband or a child)?We brandish our birthcertificates and fileour contracts, but all we really haveis our own being and a few chancesto fathom the depth of that oceanbefore the last tidegoes out. What we want won’t matter, then, and even our prized craniums will deposittheir contents on th