Wheels within Wheels: the Mechanics of Story

Cog Wheels Turning the Story Onward Within the Book

I came across this beautiful piece of cut-out craft by Annemarieke Kloosterhof ... and just fell in love with (all) the (very many) metaphors and symbolic elidances that flowed out from it.

For ... is this not how stories are? Wheels of character and place and plot turning against each other and turning on (wound up by the writer) until The End?

This is how Annemarieke described her piece -

I found this beautifull old Charles Dickens book on Brick Lane down in London, for only 20 pence. The clock is crafted out of the cover and over 300 pages of the first story ("Edwin Drood"). The clock ends where the story "Master Humphrey's Clock" begins, so you can still read it. I didn't add or change anything to the book apart from cutting things away. The black wheels in the clock are cut out of the illustrations found inside the book.

You can visit Annemarieke's deviantart page to see more of her paper-cut craft. The images there are much larger and you can see in detail the fine fineness of her work. You can also visit her beautiful portfolio of work on her wordpress blog.

Namaste! I bow to and honor the Light within you!