Box Books: Click here
Mission Creek Press: Altered Books : Click here.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Mapping Project
Art and Mapping (read pages 1-6)
On Right Map Making by Steven HollowaySteven Holloway (Tomake Studios) Click on the various images and other galleries (west coast, other places).
Two great PODCASTS
Unusual Books
Click here to go to the website.
Codex Seraphinianus
In 1978 a mysterious package arrived at the Franco Maria Ricci's Publishing House in Milano, Italy. It was "Codex Seraphinianus" - a lavishly illustrated manuscript written in a weirdest alphabet, not seen anywhere else. The illustrations were of bizarre animals and strange rituals, reminiscent of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" psychedelics, married with Hieronymus Bosch. If you can read this book, you'll possess keys to parallel Universes, or so they say. According to Wikipedia, "the language of the codex has defied complete analysis by linguists for decades". At least we know that the title word "Seraphinianus" is the acronym for "Strange and Extraordinary Representations of Animals and Plants and Hellish Incarnations of Normal Items from the Annals of Naturalist/Unnaturalist Luigi Serafini".
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Coptic Binding
Coptic binding refers to methods of bookbinding developed by early Christians in Egypt, the Copts, and used from as early as the 2nd century AD to the 11th century.[1][2] The term is also used to describe modern bindings sewn in the same style. Approximately 120 original and complete Coptic bindings survive in the collections of museums and libraries,[3] though the remnants of as many as 500 Coptic bindings survive.[4][5]
Coptic bindings, the first true codices, are characterized by one or more sections of parchment, papyrus, or paper sewn through their folds, and (if more than one section) attached to each other with chain stitch linkings across the spine. In practice, the phrase "Coptic binding" usually refers to multi-section bindings, while single-section Coptic codices are often referred to as "Nag Hammadi bindings," after the 13 codices found in 1945 which exemplify the form.
More information on coptic binding by clicking here.
Variation of the above.
Coptic bindings, the first true codices, are characterized by one or more sections of parchment, papyrus, or paper sewn through their folds, and (if more than one section) attached to each other with chain stitch linkings across the spine. In practice, the phrase "Coptic binding" usually refers to multi-section bindings, while single-section Coptic codices are often referred to as "Nag Hammadi bindings," after the 13 codices found in 1945 which exemplify the form.
More information on coptic binding by clicking here.
Variation of the above.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Exhibition TEXT/MESSAGES & Worlds Smallest Book
Video and interview about exhibition: Text/Messages at the Walker Art Center. Some good images of books. Click here to see video.
Worlds smallest Book:
Mark Palkovic, head librarian for the College-Conservatory of Music Library, owns a prized possession that's bringing him world fame. Guinness World Records has confirmed that Palkovic is the owner of the smallest book in the world. Palkovic's book, Chekhov's Chameleon, measures just .9 by .9 millimeters, not much larger than a grain of salt. Amazingly, this miniscule book has 30 pages and three color illustrations. The print cannot be read by the naked eye, but Palkovic keeps another larger copy of the book, still measuring just a tiny 2 by 1.8 centimeters, nearby.
Monday, February 22, 2010
"Human Bookshelf" by David Blazquez, more info here.Additional links below:
Austin's Edible Book Festival
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Scott McCarney
This guy has lots of galleries and does lots of altered books. The above is from his "Saints & Sinners" group. Click here to go to his website.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Hyeyoung
See more work by Hyeyoung by clicking here. In his words: "In my current book series, the metaphors of the Book, the Fish, and the Bottle are essential ingredients. I see the book, and paper specifically, as embodiment of civilization and the ability to hold and share experiences and memories like human skin. The book represents the communication that takes place when the individual makes their inner world accessible to other. The bottle represents the vessel of the body, and fish are the chaotic yet graceful movement of my emotion and rational thoughts and memories. As a troubled child I preferred to play with small glass bottles, rather than dolls whose humanness made me uncomfortable, and I used to fill the bottles with colorful water, and imagined them as containers for my own good feeling. Our emotional reactions to events and memories are always changing and moving like fish, and the fish are both an agonizing and a cathartic allegory for the possibility of change from the past to the present. These possibilities allow me to explore the concept of the creating memories in present with the viewer moves along with figure of human feet in the series of “We are”. I want to put our own selves into our absolute space to make a dialog among people. I want to create a movement of introspection and self-inquiry where the viewer becomes the subject of the piece. If we dare to show ourselves in all our raw glory, really express what’s going on in the chaos and the shadows then we have a chance to connect to something real in our time. We can accept ourselves with bare feet."
Student Presentation Project
Student Presentations:
Each student will be responsible for researching a contemporary book artist via the web. Keep your searches to those artists working within the realm of “Fine Art”. Do not research illustrators, graphic novelists, anime artists and the like. If you are unsure about your artist, talk to me prior to your presentation.
Each student will then give a 10-minute presentation via the web to the class on their particular artist. Give us some biographical information, and discuss why you selected them, what you find interesting about them. What their work is about (artist statement). You may read what other critics have to say and so on. If you cannot find biographical information or info on what their work is about, then you will have to select someone who you are able to gather this information on. You may also think about calling or emailing them to gather this info.On your presentation day, bring the website address information to class so you can find it easily.Students will be presenting on Wednesday, April 13th & Monday, April 18th.
List of Students and their selected artists. You cannot choose someone who is already listed below.
Wednesday, April 13:
Robert LePiane: Sa Blackwell
Lauren Partridge: Jody Alexander
Florence Bingham: Oring
Monday, April 18:
Anna Larsen: Sarah Bodman
Sarah Magar: Georgia Russell
Molly Crawford: Will Ashford
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Handouts
1. Artist Book Materials List
2. Glossary of Bookbinding Terms3. Knots
4. Image Transfers
5. Edible Book Project
6. Coptic Binding
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Altered Book Project & Websites
Related Websites:
Maine College of ArtAltered Books (altering text)
Altered Book CAM (very good images)
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