Jade Pegler

Now, I have posted a couple of images of Jade Pegler's work before but after looking some more at her work today I felt I wanted to mention her again. Jade is an Australian artist who works with "paper and textiles [and] combines a range of techniques including papiermache, bookbinding, hand and machine stitching, collage and origami" (from website). Jade's books are obsessively and intricately worked into and experimental in form. The combination of tying, stitching, cutting, drawing and folding is something I would like to play with more in my own work. Her quirky and delicate drawings and sculptures are beautiful, tactile and absurd, and I love the photos of her workspaces. Her piece Proscenium Machinium reminds me of another of my all time favourite artists Annette Messager... that reminds me...

Jade also has a blog and a Flickr page.

What I Made this Weekend.

A new artists' book entitled Conversations with Painters, a deconstructed and reconstructed book. I think it might be the start of a short series. What do you think?

It has been one of those beautiful, atmospheric, rainy days here today.

P.S. - The book is available for sale in my Etsy store. I run the store with my very talented best friend, Kasia Coleman, who has also got some beautiful work for sale.

Paper Cities

Since everyone loved the paper house book so much, I have found you some more paper cities for you to feast your eyes on. Aren't I lovely?
Colin Keefe


Josette Urso



P. Wilkes: Paper City


Ann Marie Peña: Paper City

I feel inspired today. Oh yes! Hopefully I will get plenty of work done this weekend. It's probably about time I shared some of it. Tonight I am going to the 'Lates' event at the British Library. They're having an Independence Day celebration and my American partner is very keen to go. Hopefully I will get to eat some Buffalo Wings... sigh... how I miss those!

Nazraeli Press - One Picture Book Series

Terri Weifenbach - One Picture Book #03: Instruction Manual No. 2

Michael Kenna - One Picture Book #41: Montecito Garden

Jim Stone - One Picture Book #29: Why My Photographs Are Good

Sara Gilbert - One Picture Book #19: Cues

Terri Weifenbach - One Picture Book #01: Instruction Manual 1

This morning I remembered Nazraeli Press' One Picture Book series from my time working at the Bookart Bookshop in London. I wish I had truly appreciated the opportunity I had to swoon over them at the time. Each book in this mouthwatering series of 5 by 7", 16 page books contains an original print and around eight reproductions, there are 500 numbered and signed copies of each title. How amazing would it be to have the complete collection all lined up on your shelf?


I'm going to get my hair cut in a minute... Maybe I'll take this picture...

Kyle Bean

Karl Bean is an illustrator, designer and maker studying Illustration at Brighton University. Quirky, thought provoking and beautiful.






I'm tired today and I can't stop thinking about chocolate cake, particularly this one.

A couple more, unrelated, things...

Wrapped Trees by Jean-Claude and Cristo (Old, I know, but so pretty. Although I am concerned at the moment about the environmental impact of Cristo and Jean-Claude's works and I can't seem to find out very much about it.)



Ceramic Crinkle Cups by Rob Brandt

Nicholas Jones - Book Sculptor

I stumbled upon the work of Nicholas Jones this morning. The pictures on his website a well worth a look. I particularly like how the images of his studio space and work-in-progress seem to be as much as part of the work as the final pieces themselves. Below is from the 'About' section of his website.

Nicholas Jones is a Melbourne based sculptor who uses books and printed paper to make works which question the manner in which books are 'read'.
Books are capsules; vessels designed to hold information, borne of investigation or of personal expression. These objects are often venerated, held aloft as are amulets, as the source of reasoned knowledge, the fecund field awaiting the harvest. Sequestered away in dusty libraries, spines anticipating the eye of the beholder, these books tactility remains at arms length.
The physical act of folding, tearing and sewing book leaves, may be considered iconoclastic (extinguishing the fire of reason, perhaps). Although sometimes iconised for their content or historical importance, more often than not, books are discarded as cultural detritus. These transformed books aim to highlight the poetic nature of the book as form. As historical phenomena, books have reflected the evolution of mankind, and although beseiged by new technologies, the book remains steadfastly both the solver of the riddle and the creator of the labyrinth.

Paper Shoes

Today I have found a selection of paper shoes for your Friday afternoon viewing pleasure. I'm still exhasted so that's all I'll say for now. Back tomorrow!

Ambiorix collaborates with Tim Van Steenbergen

Violise Lunn

K. Hayashi (I will blog more about this artist another day)

Marion Michell


Jennifer Collier


Japanese Craft Book - Instructions so you can make your own wrapping paper shoes.

Good morning!

Or not so good. As you might already know, I had intended to get up extra early this morning to see the Paper Tiger exhibition by susan Stockwell. I might have been kidding myself that I could actually manage to get out of bed at 5:30am because I could not do it! There was a fox screaming blue murder outside my window all night and now I am exhausted. Anyway, I will definitely go to see it at some point, when I will show you my photos.

I also wanted to show you this film. I watched it a couple of months ago and it has completely changed the way I think about buying stuff and throwing stuff away. I really have thought about it ever since. It's 20mins long but really worth it.

Paper Tiger - Susan Stockwell at One Canada Square, London

Light Tunnel
Hole cut through 20 suspended sheets of tissue paper.

Toilet Roll Painting
Work made from all available colours of toilet rolls.

Cascade
Made in situ from paper.

I'm working for a lovely company in Docklands at the moment, I love it here, everything is so grand and sparkly and I get to walk along the river in the morning. During my walk to the tube station yesterday I passed One Canada Square (I was a bit lost) where I was excited to spot, through the splendid windows, a stunning display of paper dresses as part of an exhibition called Paper Tiger by Susan Stockwell. Now, I can't find any pictures online but I'm going to get up super early tomorrow and visit the exhibition (it's open to visitors on Monday to Friday from 6am to 12am and Saturday and Sunday from 7am to 11.30pm) hopefully I will be able to snap a few sneaky pictures without being escorted out by security. For the time being, these are a few images of her work.

Also at Canary Wharf at the moment is the London Screen and The London Festival of Architecture.