How did you become involved in artist’s books? By accident really. Books and literature have always been central to my career & voluntary work. I was working on a writing project exploring destruction in literature which turned into a wider, interdisciplinary artistic venture producing a …
How did you get involved in artist’s books? I became involved in making artists books whilst printmaking with Michelle Avison at Morley College. One day she suggested we should make books. At first, I was reluctant, but I had a go and I cut vinyl …
I first found out about artists books whilst I was doing my Master’s in Fine Art at Leeds. My lecturer, Chris Taylor, showed us a range of books as part of a group session and then encouraged us to come along to the Book Fair. I was so inspired by everything that I saw that I started to experiment with books in my own work.
What is the main focus of your
practice?
My practice is focused on the unnoticed or unseen details in the world
around me, working with different folding techniques, printmaking and paper
cutting . I have created work looking at
chewing gum on a pavement, overheard conversations and lichen on the park
fence.
What are you working on at the
moment?
I am currently working on a piece about mastitis, I have been on
maternity leave for a year and have had a lot of trouble with blocked ducts and
mastitis so am trying to make a piece to show this unseen pain that some
mothers have to go through.
How did you become involved in artist’s books? After my PhD, while looking for a job, I rekindled my older hobby of binding books. When I first started out with binding, in the 90s, I learned from books that I borrowed (and photocopied) at my …
How did you become involved in artist’s books? I became involved with artists’ books during studying for my MA in Authorial Illustration at University College Falmouth. I was interested in the idea of telling stories within a single picture, and as the pictures I made …
I started making artist’s books because of my concern for the planet. I wanted to create things that were smaller and more portable whilst still maintaining my artist practice. This included making one-off books of drawings, books out of found materials and collaborative books with others.
What is the focus of your practice?
I am interested in time and it’s impact on our lives and our relationship with the environment.
What are you working on at the moment?
I’m currently between projects so now is a time of reflection and review. This is a great time for new opportunities to arise and to try new things out.
How did you become involved in artist’s books? In the spring of 2000, at the exhibition titled One of a Kind Artists’ Books in Cairo, I saw books unlike any I had ever seen before. They were different in their concepts, structures, techniques, and materials; …
How did you become involved in artist’s books? I first started making books to mark the process and progress of residencies. (See: the ‘Locational’ series.) The act of turning the page to reveal a different aspect appeared to be an ideal way to present the …
BBB Books are a three person
collective, comprising of Holly Birtles, Tim Burrough & Rita Byon, who are
connected by an interest in surface, process and the photographic image
represented in book form. Through collaborative projects and individual works
they explore human memory, bodily engagement, landscape and the natural
environment. They use a combination of digital capture, risograph, letterpress
and hand printed B&W prints in their finished works. Comprising of
graduates from Slade School of Fine Art and Camberwell College of Art, BBB
Books members live and work in London, UK and Seoul, Korea.
What is the focus of your practice?
BBB Books Collective brings
together photography, text and printmaking in small run artists
books.
What are you working on at the moment?
Independent photographic
projects, including: found belongings, music collaborations and video,
performance, prop production, walking/archiving and subsequent publications of
revised concepts.
How did you become involved in artist’s books? I consider publishing as my artistic practice, with publications crossing over into photoworks, installation and photobook works. What is the focus of your practice? The relationship between mind, consciousness and the materialisation of the photographic object. What …