Crazy walls of my own
So I have recently been inspired by crazy walls. Here’s the first of what may be a few of them which i whipped up today. It’s on the inside of the cover…
Spectacular "world view"
These videos from google maps are stunning. As is the artist, Paraic McLoughlin’s website.
Atlas split concertina
I had a dream on the night of Good Friday. In the dream I made a very large split concertina. So when I woke up I found a Reader’s Digest atlas I had in the…
Inner West Open Studio Trail - Sydney Book Art group unfurls
Today Sydney BAG transplanted our studios to the Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, where we showed some works, cut and folded some paper, and ate cake. Avec ou sans…
Cartes d'escargot
This folio and enclosed cards were also printed on the press at Sturt Summer School 2018, with similar techniques as Blue book and Forever: a Snake Book. the cards…
Forever: a Snake Book
Similar to the Blue Book, I printed most of the artwork on this book at Sturt in January 2018. It’s called Forever because that’s the word on the front…
Blue book
How this was made: Glen Skien (the teacher for this program) created a really cool little book which was collaged stamps and then an almost random matrix which printed…
Boustrophedon
A kind of one-page / snake book, shown to us by Glen Skien at Sturt last week. It’s apparently a map fold.
Black Box
This is another one of those just play pieces. The long concertina is decorated with tiny pockets from a Paris street directory from the 80s (although when I went…
Paris Piton
After I’ve worked on a slow moving series like the Series of Unfortunate Events I love to just play a little. I’ve been using the leftovers from the…
Making globes of the world
Globes of the world used to be made by hand! See here for video. And here for the instagram feed of a company that still makes globes by hand.
Atlas Tassel book
First tassel book dimensions – each page is 3 x4cm
Laser cutter-a-go-go
For the last five days i have been geeking out with a laser cutter at Sturt Winter school. I had high intentions of posting every day but here it is Friday and I’m…
Where You Are - a book of maps
Visual Editions — VE5 Where You Are I wanted to buy this… but now I think I’ll make one myself!! here’s one of my maps of my morning walks. …
Paris ticket books
flag book using a map of paris, tickets to paris museums and metro tickets from my trip to paris last week. and a cornflakes box. Approx 10cm x 4cm x .5cm closed…
Maps and Travel Ephemera
I love maps and travel ephemera. Here an NY travel bookstore has rebranded and created some beautiful paper stuff (in itself now ephemera!). Rebranding A NYC Bookstore…