Melanie has written this intro for our 2009 exhibition. No further specific details are available at the moment. We expect to have similar deadlines to usual – books sent in end of March 2009 and exhibition May 2009.

"The theme for our 2009 creative book-arts open exhibition is CLOSURE. This is in honour of Emma’s anticipated completion in 2009 of her PhD, which has dominated the last 8 years of her life. Right now, the idea of closure seems to her impossible – yet longed for. She has done amazingly to stick at it all this time, as challenging as it has been. She looks forward to the freedom she will have after closure..."


Here are some key words to get your creative juices going...
(meanwhile Emma is trying to finish her PhD and do some books for/as closure)

CLOSURE:
the end, end of the line, end of the road, put an end to, finish, finish off, finishing touch, finality, final, finito, peter out, wind up, shut, shut up, shut down, shutter, snap shut, shut in, tie, tie the knot, tie up, tie down, tie up loose ends, lock, lock up, lock down, locked in, locked away, open and shut case, pin down, realise, reach, goal, fulfil, resolution, result, done, done & dusted, it’s a done thing, that’s it, that’s that, satisfied, close, close up, close down, success, accomplish, effect, result, deal with, dealt with, sorted, accepted, relief, put away, put down, shelve, complete, completed, completion, completer/finisher, clinch, conclude, conclusion, settle, at last, at long last, achieve, achievement, secure, protect, fasten, clasp, bolt, seal, in the bag, buckle, press-stud, button, button up, magnet, velcro, sew, repair, stitch, cat gut,string, ribbon, thread, knit, hook & eye, zip, zipper, zip up, zip lock, flap, envelope, bind, cover, encase, enclose, stick, wrap, wrapper, wrap up, it’s a wrap, finale, curtains, denouement, cadence, wall, gate, door, pen, window, hatch, bang, slip case, box, lid, put a lid on it, bottle, bottle up, bottle it, stopper, screw down, tighten, cupped, pack in, trap, trapped, cell, restrained, slide, knot, knotted, revenge, pay back, fold, folded, folding, terminate, last one to leave switch off the lights, walk away, serve notice, board up, barricade, it’s all over, get over it, draw a line under it, goodbye, exit, ex, move on, wash hands of it, enough, had enough, cut it out, desist, put away, no more, is no longer, thing of the past, sign off, send off, cease, cessation, culminate, stop, discontinue, deceased.