Open pop-up structure showing geometric shapes and dire warnings
Open Studio 2005 - "O Immortal Bridge"

Each booklet contains four richly colored pages, of different shapes and sizes, allowing many of the colors of the other pages to show at any given point in the book. The pages were made into a folio using electrical tape, (which so far has withstood the test of time remarkably well) and then bound with a pamphlet stitch.

Inserted into the last page of each booklet was one of seven solar etched prints that were editioned for the invitation. This invitation was made shortly after Vanderheiden visited Morocco, and the line drawings in her prints were taken from photographs and sketches she made on her journey.

The etchings were signed and numbered on the back in an edition of 40. They were titled as follows: "Road to Iwal" (shown left); "Moroccan Night" (shown left); Pottery Coop, Zagora; Tamnougalt Ksar; Tamnougalt Kasbah; Fishing Wharf, Essaouira; and Earthen Wall. You can see more of these images by clicking here.

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