First go-round I printed on the wrong side of the photo paper. The ink didn’t soak in at all, resulting in a fascinating watercolour effect. I precariously transported the wet page from class and (despite the wind blowing it into my face twice) it made it home relatively unscathed. I “printed” my own version on cardstock.

It took months to finish Ben’s birthday present,
and it fittingly took months for me to see it finished.

The piece is inspired by mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot’s sketchbook drawings [seen by us while visiting the “Fractals, Chaos, and the Materiality of Thinking” exhibit at the Cranbrook Art Museum].

There are 30 cards,
18 of which have hidden meanings (some more hidden than others),

and all of which remind me of Ben.