Here it is!! > http://www.leedsschoolofdesign.co.uk/
The pictures on there will probably be on here as well, but look out for my friends- Theo Durrant and Sarah Kaul in particular- but also all the other art students, lots of amazing work!
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
Friday, 13 May 2011
Work submitted!
Heres a quick look at the submission set up of my work, a lot the books there I won't use for the final degree show to make sure its all good standard of work. I'm aiming to keep the simple layout though. Also I will have the projection all set up at the show.
Finished my degree! Lets hope I do well enough to graduate :P
Monday, 9 May 2011
Show Me the Monet
A quick post just saying that anyone interested in art should watch this programme- on Mondays at 5.15pm, not sure how long for. It's a competition for artists to get an exhibition and sale in the Royal College of Art in London. Heres a link to the facebook page for more info- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Show-Me-the-Monet/104610129609798
Look out for Belinda Durrant who I know, her work is very good! http://www.belindadurrant.co.uk/
Not much happening with my own work right now. I'm thinking the next thing I will do (having pretty much finished my uni work now) is to make a sci-fi book for a show in Portland. Should be fun just to make even if I don't get in!
Wednesday, 4 May 2011
Two New Books
These are the two books I have made as 'final pieces' for my final year of uni: 'Thread and Ink.' and "Thread and Hands.'. They are an summery of all the other books I have made looking at printing, sewing and xerox. They were made very simply as concertina books using my printer. I composed the images and threads on my scanner and photocopied it onto heavy weight paper then glued it all together as a concertina. I realised after a few experiments and visits to book fairs (went to the Bristol Artists Books Event last weekend- it was great!) that the simpler the printing and construction, the better the quality, therefore these books are all paper, with soft, loose covers as the binding. Hope you like them!
Friday, 25 March 2011
Artist Book 3.0
Artist Books 3.0 is a site I have just signed up with. You become a member and customise a profile page, adding your own images of your work, others work and galleries etc. You can also blog on it. It's much like this except its dedicated to Book Art, making it a great resource for book lovers! It also has this thing called 'groups' where certain aspects of book art are discussed and explored, such as "book art in education", or "libraries and artists' books". I have only been on it for a day now but already it seems to be providing lots of useful info. Annoyingly I didn't know about it when I was writing my dissertation because it would have been a great way to discuss the issues I was addressing with others in the book art world! However I just got my thesis printed today so thats that :P
I found it at the UWE book arts website http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/ which has been a massively useful resource throughout this term! If you want to see my profile or become a member of Artist Books 3.0 yourself (I do recommend it!) my page is at http://artistbooks.ning.com/profile/RosieDodds, you can link it to your twitter if you have one.
I will keep posting on here I think because it spreads my posts across twitter, facebook, blogger and obviously on here. I will mainly use Artist Books 3.0 for discussing things with others and finding out more of whats out there. Have fun!
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Leeds International Artists' Book Fair 2011
It was a couple of weekends ago now. I'm sorry I only just got round to talking about it, I've been focussing on getting it into my dissertation first because it was just so useful!! It was held in the Parkinson Building at Leeds University, with the hall filled with tables all exhibited artists' books from tonnes of different artists. It was incredible for art lovers and book lovers alike.
One thing I noticed was how the fair itself reflects Book Art. It's history could be seen in the contemporary work being shown, with concrete poetry, zines, livre's d'artists and every kind of genre possible being shown somewhere in the hall. In a way it also reflects the sequential nature of books, with lots of different tables of work coming together to make one entity. In my dissertation I made the point that it is only in events or exhibitions like this, where every different type of book art can be seen and compared under one roof, that the nature and scope of book art can be fully understood. It worked to depersonalise what be art can be. Rather than only having your own idea of what it can be, you can see everyones view, and therefore its diversity.
I sold a couple of small books. My first ever sale of my own art (yay!). Most of the books I sold were my acetate books which you can see in the image below. That was the table that the University of Leeds Art and Design people had. It was great fun! I also got some books- my first artists' books for my (hopefully) growing collection! A very successful day!
Thanks to Chris Taylor for giving us that opportunity! If there is ever an artists' book fair where you are, or if you are in Leeds for the 15th book fair next year make sure you go!
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Improving Previous Ideas
In my last post I showed the new way I have been binding books as well as some acetate books I have been making. Since then I have made about 10 acetate books which are drawn, and three bound books. However I've found a way of improving the books I make.
In the pictures with this post there I have shown the acetate books and some pictures of the new way I have been binding books. Instead of using hessian (which as I said before was too thick) I have been using felt, a softer, thinner fabric. I have also slightly changed the way I cut the fabric before gluing it to the boards so the folds around the corners aren't so apparent. I feel that these minor changes have made a world of difference!
After rebinding the first fold out printed book (shown in the previous post) I made another which folds differently and got a photo book printed and bound that. The photo book contains stills taken from an animation I made of handling books in a library. It's almost like a flick book except its presented as the normal book layout so the movement of the photos is slower and represents the journey the viewer takes as they travel through the pages of the book. The body of this book is attached to its cover with an elastic band (the best way I have at the moment of attaching the book to its cover without restricting the movement of the pages).
The acetate books have evolved to be photos printed onto acetates then folded into little books and pages (rather than the images being drawn). They look much smarter and have a more resolved feel, linking into the photo book in their use of photography, yet also referencing paper folding. However I still feel the drawn versions (shown in the previous post) look more fragile... At this point I will probably carry on making both!
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