Memory
] This book was originally called the Dumbest Moments in Business History. I have altered it to just be Moments. It uses collage elements, and the thing I like…
Orton Place
Some of Kathryn Orton’s works on show at University of Wollongong till October 14. There were so many beautiful things by talented book artists. Place will…
Numbers
Numbers is called that because the letters which stick out on the mountains of each page are in fact numbers. This one came after Premium White. I tried some different…
Place Exhibition
Two of my works are in an exhibition of book arts called Place at Wollongong University Library, and it will travel to regional galleries around NSW. Here are some…
Premium White
This is the third book like this that I have made (the previous ones are Poster and Sky Dreams). This one has words carved out of a concertina, but this time I erased…
Sky Dreams
When Bronwen Black gave me these calendars that I’ve been working with one of the most exciting ones was this calendar depicting close ups of skys from master…
Poster
15 cm x 12 cm x 5cm Double Concertina the top concertina has the words to La Chanson des deux escargots qui vont a l’enterrement cut out of the card makes…
Pleats
Pleats is another excursion into Complete Pleats by Paul Jackson (like this, this and a few others from around the same time). This piece is really just a concertina…
Highway
I’ve been playing with the Shereen LaPlantz’ Art and Craft of Handmade Books, and noticed I had made an interstate highway book, but not an Interstate…
Heart Felt
Made from the same calendar as this piece, just different pages. I was inspired by the embossed backs of the brown pages, but when I looked at how the gold shone…
Double Star
Working my way through the calendars I mentioned yesterday. This one is more magazine-y looking. photographs of signs and graffiti.
The Lion The Witch The Wardrobe
I’m holidaying in Bowral, and making books. My friend Bronwen Black gave me a truckload of A3 and A2 calendars which were paper sample calendars from her day…
Where the heart is
Home inspires this concertina. Look and you’ll see the structural elements: gate, roof line, windows, chairs. And then look into the patterns and see the fabrics,…
Sleeping Flags
Sleeping flags is a flag book structure. Made from wood. It is an outdoor installation for Replay (this film was taken on my balcony). Constructing it was an adventure.…
House of Prayer no 22
monoprint splilt concertina in upcycled book cover for the book House of Prayer no 2, altered to House of Prayer no 22.
Au-dessus des deux tours jumelles: for Michael
Au-dessus des deux tours jumelles means “above two twin towers”. This piece is called that because of the postcard on the lower layer. The post card…