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The front of each page is a black & white photograph of one part of a dancer's body. The back of each page is printed on alternating sheets of red and silver vellum, and includes one sentence. The book is bound without using any glue or thread, but simply by folding and interlocking paper strips.

Above you can see how the book looks when the last paper strip is unhooked from the front cover, allowing the book to be stretched out in a strip. And below is the reverse side showing the backs of the pages and the ends of the paper strips.

Below is a close-up of the interlocking paper strips and how they obscure part of the photographs. Isn't it poetic? I learned this interlocking method from a book by Claire van Vilet and Elizabeth Steiner called Woven & Interlocking Book Structures.

Keep It Fresh
by Fiona Raven