Studio 5 Book Arts
Tuesday, 24 May 2022
Finished...... Alphabetum Romanum The Letterforms of Felice Feliciano
Monday, 23 May 2022
Alphabetum Romanum The Letterforms of Felice Feliciano
Sunday, 24 April 2022
Studio 5 Masterclass in Knife Sharpening for the Bookbinder.
Wednesday, 20 April 2022
Open Evening Class at Studio 5.
Wednesday, 13 April 2022
Another Blast from the Past.
Tuesday, 12 April 2022
Blasts from the Past... Rats!
Sunday, 10 April 2022
Cult Postcards From London.
Sunday, 3 April 2022
Chelsea Arts Club Chatity Auction... The result.
Thursday, 31 March 2022
Chelsea Arts Club. Charity Auction. The last few hours.
Saturday, 26 March 2022
New Exhibition at BASE.
Friday, 18 March 2022
Romeo and Juliet. Palimpsest Parchment
Thursday, 17 March 2022
Chelsea Arts Club.... If I Ruled the World.
Monday, 31 January 2022
ALI, the artists' book.
A quick look at ALI, an artists' book from the Icon series and a small chat about artists' books.
Monday, 24 January 2022
The Flat Back, ethos of work.
Please follow the link for a shortish video on aspects of the Arts and Crafts working ethos I use.
Sunday, 23 January 2022
ALI... The Greatest.
Friday, 5 November 2021
Wednesday, 3 November 2021
SeQUEnce XCIX..... a combination of time and order of events or happenings
SeQUEnce XCIX is a combination of time and order of events or happenings.
Time, each element of the physical making was deigned to take no longer than 99 minutes.
Order, the sequence in which the various steps, though isolated in movement and time, become a singular object.
In
SeQUEnce XCIX I have used both free form and stencil spray work to
produce a larger-scale series of spreads that respond to and discover a
personal sense of order and disorder. I expanded on this by working on
large sheets of water colour paper, later cut down to form the text
block, either on an easel or in the flat. This method of working allows me to approach the surface from all angles. Not being reliant on the
dogma of a perceived or assumed composition allows a more personal,
vibrant and improvisatory way of working.
Dimensions : 421mm x 298mm x 11mm When closed.
Year of binding 2021
A minimalist hand dyed leather, flat-tight back binding. Laminated board attachment to cloth covered boards with applied mixed media. Drum Leaf Text Block.
Soooo... the sequences or steps of the making of SeQUEnce XCIX
First was the text block. A drum leaf construction of 4 spreads. Starting with large sheets of water colour paper. Later these would be trimmed to size and put together.
Once the text block had been made I started work on the boards. Cloth covered with applied mixed media.
With the under colours and textures complete... I have been able to title the work and apply the last lot of colour.
The box......
Personally I feel that the box or protective enclosure for and book is important. Akin to the canvas artist's frame, the box protects and informs. It also sets the scene as it were, much as a poorly made or ill-considered frame can take away from the painting, a box or enclosure that does not fit, difficult to open or poorly made can create the wrong impression.
Book in a box!
The spreads....
And finally, once again... The binding.