‘Micro-Pages’
Calling all book artists and libraries and archive centres for interest in a book art microfilm project
‘Micro-Pages’ is an idea for a book arts exhibition. A series of selected artists’ books would be turned into a reel of microfilm. The work would be accessed through microfilm readers in participating libraries and archive centres.
Microfilm:
A film on which printed materials are photographed at greatly reduced size for ease of storage.
Film containing micro-reproductions of documents for transmission, storage, reading and printing. Microform images are commonly reduced about 25 times from the original document size. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfilm)
I am looking for libraries and local archives that have working microfilm reader machines who are interested in participating in this book arts exhibition.
Artists who are interested should consider these guidelines when thinking about submitting book works:
The work should relate to the history of artists’ books, and/or history of libraries and archives.
Please take into consideration that the microfilm will be in black and white only.
The work should be no larger than A4 (210 x 297mm).
The work should be no longer than 30 pages.
Please register you interest in this project by emailing me at:
abi-thomas@hotmail.co.uk
(Artists please also send details of your website or some images of your previous book works)
http://www.abigailthomas.co.uk/art/mailandbookart/micropages.htm
Abigail Thomas
abi-thomas@hotmail.co.uk
www.abigailthomas.co.uk
Bookbinding
I recently went on a weekend bookbinding course which taught me how to bind properly. We learnt coptic stitch, japanese stab binding, how to cover boards in book cloth, accordian books, lap joints, how to test paper grain, pamphlet stitch, the list goes on...
I am hoping this will feed back into my practice and I will be able to create more books using these techniques.
Here are images of the ones I made:
Japanese Stab Binding
Coptic Stitch
Bags
Here are a few pictures of some of the bags I made to sell at the Canterbury World Environment Day event on the 5th June. I know a few of them sold but I have not had the others back yet so I don't know which ones I still have. When I do I will put them up for sale on my online shop.
Canvas bag with machine embroidery.
Canvas bag with stamped text.
Canvas bag with machine embroidery.
Detail of the embroidery.
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