2nd ABC Bookclub Meeting      

January 2016

Our first ABC meeting was an eclectic look at books and how beautiful, strange and experimental one could make them. The meeting began with a talk by an ex Bower student and Book artist. Her work was rather tribal in appearance - think Tonto meets Mystic Meg - using a combination of stitched and printed designs for her 'Scroll' and 'Rag' books.  Here are some examples of the 'Rag' books she made - I liked their textural, almost skin like qualities. There was also a melange of 'Cracker' book ideas and an introduction to the variety of bookArt made by the members of this little group.

The second Artist Book Club meeting was chaired by the dynamic duo of Kate and Kate and the theme of this meeting was 'make lots of books' for the imminent Bower Library Exhibition and the 'Turning the Page' Norwich book fair. Also we were shown a multitude of ideas for making exciting creations of our own using a range of techniques. 

 Here we looked at examples of altered books as opposed to specific book types eg. the Double Concertina, Turkish Fold, Origami, 3-stitch Pamphlet and my personal favourite the 'Secret' Fold-out. 

Linda's Fold Out book and Corinne"s Rubber Stamp double concertina 'Tree' book were examples that would appear ideal for creating a more fluid, flowing book template for my figurative work. Although, I have the ability to make anything potentially precise look like its been constructed by one or both of the Chuckle Brothers.

Dates for the imminent exhibitions are:
Bower Ashton Library Exhibition - Monday April 18th 2016
Turning the Page: Norwich Book Fair - 24th and 25th June 2016

ALTERED BOOKS

 

We also discussed books as pieces of art which appeals to me - the idea of using the page as a canvas or piece of creativity in its own right. An example of this is the work of Tom Philips 'A Humument' http://www.tomphillips.co.uk/humument and also the work of Sam Winstone.

Check out the beautiful book pages as paintings by the Russian artist Ekaterina Panikanova. 

http://www.ekaterinapanikanova.com