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Nested Book--encrypted text
Nested Book--encrypted text
2008

I made this book for the Secrets and Lies show at 23 Sandy Gallery.

The woodburned markings are a phonetic script I invented some years ago, based on a medieval Irish alphabet called ogham. This page is an encoded version of text written in pencil at the end of the book. A key nestled into the wood is held in place with a magnet.