I've had these boxes for a while now, working on them bit by bit in between other things. The shallowness made me want to set them up differently than the deeper ones, and so I tried first setting them up on the ground, like dominos, but then they weren't very stable, and in fact when one tipped over they all fell down (kind of funny when you aren't expecting it, the wind from the fan caught one). I like how they are set up now, because you can see them all from the sides and they are more like solid blocks, but then each one can be turned so you can see the front of it too. They sort of sway a bit too, never perfectly stable.

At first I only used the thumbtacks to test it out, and was going to switch to nails, but then I found that they sort of fit in, with smatters of paint from previous work, and add little touches of color.

I realized that it's become almost book-like - I haven't made any small books for a while, and had been wanting to go back to them. Part of why I like books, especially small ones, is that they are more private - one viewer at a time, and it's only those who want to take the time to stop and open it up (very different from oversized work, where it grabs your attention, forces you to respond one way or other). In a different way, by in bringing the viewer up close, the small book or other tiny object can end up becoming a whole world to enter into, and your attention is taken up as much as with a very large piece, but in a more personal way.