The eight grayscale images on the accordion-fold insert that emerged from the artists book had been mostly transferred from photos. Although there were various ways to do this, the transfer process would have been tricky for more than 8 images on one strip of paper (assuming that there were additional images after the strip descended inside the object).

studio icon One accordion-folding mistake, and the whole would be ruined, she thought as she opened a takeout bag from the French cafe on the corner and placed a salad of mixed greens, honey-roasted pecans, pear slices, and gorgonzola dressing into a gold-trimmed French porcelain bowl, which she had put into the dishwasher more times than advised.

studio icon The scenes themselves appeared to be a childhood progression, and they had the aura of the off-kilter photos Caydance herself had taken as a child in the 1960s. She removed a slice of Quiche Lorraine from a box in the take-out bag and set it on a matching plate beside the salad. Take-out quiche could be chancy, but pie crust making was not a process at which she herself excelled, and Quiche Lorraine from her local French cafe was always reliably fantastic.