May 2019: Book making experiments

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Lines were collected on random papers, donated by students intrigued by their strange art teacher's activity. Without planning it produced a selection of books in colours that could be grouped together.

These books feel crude but necessary. The vulgarity of the bright colours and the primitive lines mirror the naivety of the children that created them. They are not what I am looking for in this project. To present the tangible line of time, the sophistication of something os beyond control need control and clarity. A cleanliness that does not discriminate the viewer. The colours will turn some people off, close them down to the viewing of the work. It certainly repulses me.

Feb 2019, Empty book making

Decided to make some books ready for experiments. Thinking about density, time, the act of drawing. How can the books link to the act, become performative objects for and of drawing?

A small but lengthy book. I have yet to measure any of them but they were all made to be uncomfortable to read or handle.

The tactility of this book really thrilled me. I found some off cuts of heavyweight drawing paper to use for the covers. The rest of the papers are sugar, craft or cartridge so although the length and the varying shapes of the pages make the book unwieldy it has a strength to it.

The book above is made with preused layout papers. Dependent on what it is filled with it should give a layered effect.

A book of found papers

The largest book I could make with materials available. A little over A3 in size, cardboard to hold the heavy papers together.

This book has been filled. It was time consuming and consumed a part of me in the process. The time and density is reflected in the patterna dnt he layers of graphite that line its pages.

06/01/2018 - Making: Bookbinding - Encasing the chaos

biographical art or a metaphor for the bigger picture? confessional - there is stress in my household and I find binding comforting, containing the chaos and creating organisation.Links to the containment of people, gathering or restricting movement, stopping the 'chaos' of globalisation, immigration, movement.

unplanned binding - not measuring, guided by eye, scrappy, unmeasured.