Book Arts

'Chiusi A Posto''

This fold-out book, made on holiday
along the Tuscan/Umbrian border,
explores how the Anticipated Idea
of this rich and ancient landscape
is eventually overtaken
by the place itself.
July 2011.

'Bookmarks IX'

This hand printed edition of 100 bookmarks
was specially produced for the
University of the West of England,
Centre for Fine Print Research.
April 2011.
http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/bookmark.htm

'Story Line'

This book tells the story of one
line that makes a break for
freedom, more or less.
September 2009.

Wednesdays
'Wednesdays'

This one year project began on midsummer's eve 2000 and continued to midsummer's eve 2001 as an exploration of self-imposed ritual. Click on the image to see more about this book and how it developed. (Three editions of 10. Sold. Artist's original, donated. Artist's copy remaining.)

La Famille Inconnue

'La Famille Inconnue'

A small accordion of appropriated images, 'La Famille Inconnue documents the afternoon picnic of an unknown family circa 1940. (Unique volume. Sold)

Bayeux
'Tapisserie de Bayeux'

A continuous foldout photographic reproduction of the Bayeux Tapestry with complete original Latin text accompanied with English and French translations. Although a delicate construction of paper pages, it allows the viewer to see this very interesting and historic document in a form approximating the original intention. Click on the image to see more of these foldout pages.
(Edition of 10, Artist's copy remaining.)

Ocean

'Ocean'

'Ocean' features a continuous lithographic image of water spread throughout the pages. The pages are overprinted in stages of serigraph text defining the content of the Oxford English Dictionary. As each page turns, more characters of text appear with fresh waves until at the book's centre the text is complete and fully readable. The text then recedes with each subsequent page until the last page is again an image of water. (Unique volume. Sold)
Cyanotype Coptic

'Letters from Home'

This coptic bound miniature was made using transparent Japanese rice paper and cyanotype resist over fragments of handwritten text. The resulting fragility and intimacy defies typical expectations of strength or permanency in a book. (Unique volume. Lost, presumed destroyed)

Coptic Bamboo Album
Woven bamboo sushi mats are here adapted to create uniquely flexible hard covers. This coptic bound album of rural Canadian found images includes rice paper interleaving enhancing the layered tactile quality of this soft volume. (Unique volume. Sold)

'Little Box of Water'

This Japanese style box contains 17, 2"x2" double-sided photographic tiles depicting the surface of water in varying degrees of exposure. It is a whimsical kind of game in which ideas of fluidity and continuity are set against the tactile edges of an odd number of puzzle pieces.

 

'Parade of Fools'

A collaboration of lighthearted depictions of the very best of Shakespeare's fools including Dogberry, Falstaff and many other favourites. This 'one-off' was created and sent as weekly postcards, bound using Single Sheet Coptic as developed by Keith Smith.