Pain by Lise Melhorn Boe

Diane Dawber has fibromyalgia and MCS (Multiple Chemical Sensitivities) which she attributes to growing up on a farm, with pesticide spraying and spending a lot of time in her dad's gas station. Her poetic description of four kinds of pain led me to create this abstract pop-up book, full of painful shapes. The board covers are covered with a beautiful hand marbled paper which reminded me of painful muscles, and the fabric wrapper has the title spelled out in straight pins, a grater and a clothespin; it's tricky to open the book without a little pain.