A few artists to take a look at...

Jane Hyslop







Paul Salt

Boxed, bottled and booked works reappraise and explore our interdependent relationship with nature and the landscape. My work falls into specific areas of interest, each containing a series of books. TAKING THE WATERS - BEACH DRIFTING - RIVER THINKING - PLACE

Jenny Smith

Jenny Smith works in the mediums of drawing, painting, print, artists books and video. Her work explores the relationship between form, process and concept. She creates processes that reflect a particular place or moment in time. Described as "deceptively simple", this work is subtle, meditative and pared down, yet holds unexpected surprises when observed in close proximity.

P.S. Is something going wrong with my blog? All the pictures seem to be getting cut in half lately.

Afroditi Krassa

I'm posting like crazy today...

Pretty Big Wallpaper - beautiful wallpaper with mirror silhouettes.

Malin Bjorklund

Everything is patterned. The work consists of drawings, rolls of drawings, a rice paper screen, a bedroom with hand-drawn wallpaper, printed fabrics, dresses, and finally a collection of patterns. They are originals and reproductions and their function is multiple; the hand-drawn rolls can be one- off wallpaper, mass-produced or cut into sections of choice.

Drawing, repetition and transition are methods to develop my work. I think of my practice as the production of hybrids; it either contains several components or develops as an offspring of an original idea. Hybrids are usually associated with the natural world of plants and animals, which are also a source of influence. Through repetition the drawing gradually evolves, and creates pattern.

-Website

Jamie Karoses

"I have found my place and voice in the beautifully flawed work of the human hand."
-Website

Isaac Tobin

Isaac Tobin is a senior designer at the University of Chicago Press. On his website you can see a selection of his book covers, type designs, book interiors and other sketchbook work and collage.

Found via the wonderful collage blog Not Paper.

Oh, one more thing...

A few things...

'Re:' is an AMAZING looking touring exhibition of experimental artists' books.
All books are based on re word(s). For example: release, remote, reject, reassemble etc. I hope I have time to make it. More about the curators another day. OH, also, you can print your own catalogue from the website.





Martin Kippenberger : livres et ephemeras 1977 - 1997
13 September - 25 October



‘Diaries, Journals and Notebooks’
An exhibition of the book works of Steve McPherson
9th October - 7th December


The new Bookarts Newsletter from The University of the West of England is out (it might have been out for a week or two now, I am so behind on my reading). I find that it's an excellent way to keep up to date on all the book arts happenings around the world. Above are a few things that particularly interested me.

Also, if you're going to be in London on Saturday 8th November, try to make it to Handmade and Bound, an affordable book-art and zine fair. It will feature work by a wide variety of artists, designers, writers and musicians.

Have a happy weekend!

Wilhelm Staehle

Silhouette Masterpiece Theatre

Ellen Bell

The nature of language, and its limitations as a method of meaningful expression, has been an underlying theme in much of my recent work.

- extract from artist's statement.

I discovered the work of Ellen Bell through the beautiful and poignant blog Mackin Ink. Every single piece of her work makes me think "Oh God, I wish I had thought of that."

Exquisite Corpse

Jake and Dinos Chapman

Exquisite Corpse Show

Melissa Gordon

Andre Breton

Lauren Nassef

I have just started a new project with my friend, Kasia (we share an Etsy shop), using the exquisite corpse technique. We are using it to make landscape drawings which juxtapose our, very different, local landscapes. I live in London and Kasia lives bu the sea. Lucky Kasia! I'll post the results when we have some... in the mean time, here are some other examples.