Shelta

For this limited edition (only 5 made!) short story, I wanted to produce a printed document that had the look and feel of something both sacred and mundane, cared for and discarded.

Utilizing fabric, tin-styled ceiling tiles, and a hand stitched binding, "Shelta" looks as if it could be a journal - which correlates to the writing within the piece itself - manufactured to be hidden amongst the remnants of the family involved.


The pages within the piece unfold to present a map of Ireland, documenting the journey of the family of thieves and con-men presented within the piece.
The work itself is full of secrets; from select words utilized from the dialect ("Shelta") used by the Travelers to communicate without letting their marks know of their plan, to the hard-but-not-impossible to decipher handwriting font used within the piece.

A glossary of terms is provided to allow the reader a limited understanding of the Shelta language. However, the mysteries of the text remain to be unfolded and studied time and time again.