An Attempt at an Artists' Ebook

It is not an official kindle ebook, but just a pdf file which is of course viewable on most ereaders not just kindles. You can in fact download it from here if you want to view the whole thing on your computer, clever phone, tablet or reading device.

Catch Up on Pop Up

So I finished the pop-up book idea; its not really a finished piece as such but part of a body of work I guess.  I covered two boards in grey book cloth and used them as back and front covers for the pop-up sections which I literally just stuck together. Simple structure which seemed quite interesting against the e-book I made alongside it. More on that in a bit. 

Exploring Structures - Pop-Up

Pop Up
A recent idea for a project left me with the conclusion I needed to make a pop-up book. Having never really attempted any pop-up book structures before I have just been playing around with simple practice runs on single sheets of paper; I think I have a long way to go!

first one, totally went wrong!

this was better but still not right

this one with the thinner pop-up band is much better and closer to a more professional look, but still; nothing amazing!

So I think for this project my blind blunders into the world of pop-up might suffice, as it is to be as simple a structure as possible. I will post more when I have had time to actually put some tests together in a book form to check they will still open the way I want them to... wish me luck, or send me tips if you have any handy hints to give me!

Traces

Following up on this post, and working on a short brief for uni, I have been playing around with tracing paper and transparency sheets again. 

[In these pictures I have been using my cutting board as a starting point; it is the place where most of my books get constructed and as such it has a book history to it. Many traces are left behind upon its surface. As I draw and trace the lines and marks onto the paper I feel like I am the conservationist or archivist who is documenting all the traces and damage to a particular document or object. As you look through the book you can see to the next page and the pages beyond; it is as if you are looking through time.]

[In these next pictures I have been experimenting with tracing parts of my own artistic archive, notebooks, slides, photos etc... They are not yet compiled into a book form as I am trying to find a suitable book structure that would compliment the content. Maybe re-working them into their own archive structure would be appropriate and would continue the cycle.]

Don't shoot me; I bought a KINDLE!

Ok, so yes I am a book lover, a bibliophile; but I love all books, and that includes reading machines too.

So here I have my new Kindle, my new toy! One of the first books I have read on it was made by a fellow MA student, if you have a Kindle I recommend it, you can find it here. 

I've been busy with my course, and starting some new work; here are some images that might explain some of the past week or so, including a pic of me after the very energetic 'Neckbreakers Ball' gig I went to on Monday night [lots of head-banging]...

a group of our books pressing & drying after a bookbinding class

a collaboration made by the whole course during our letterpress induction workshop

wild hair...