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Echoes of Books in Nature

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After playing with the Fishbone Fold from this post, I took a walk and found echoes of the structure in nature. Took some photos and brought the images back to the studio to replay.



















Process
I measured and masked, then painted a large piece of Velin Arches,
which looked like this:


For the shaped books, I did not fold the initial horizontal line, but 
I did measure and mark it, made my curvy cuts, then erased the marks.
Scored across the connecting 1/2" bones, then folded up.
Some of the books have slightly different measurements to 
allow for stems or to create the layered fishbone look.




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