Studio 5 Book Arts

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year. Have fun and lets enjoy 2009. Mark

After showing Mr Amru the intended work shop the demonstrations began. I had already printed a series of images for the making of the boxes....

I love my job, one of the highlights is being able to leave a cold, dark and damp England for the warmth of India. At one point it looked th...

After a very busy ten or so days I am back in the studio. Being back in India and in particular Anandwan was fantastic. Not a holiday, hard ...

In the morning I will be leaving the cold, damp and dark shores of this island. I am bound for India. My luggage consists of the usual small...

Having returned to the UK all was well. Memories of the garden near the coffee shop shop were still vibrant and will form the basis of a boo...

A little more on books and boxes in the Tokugawa Art Museum. Often the bindings of the individual books would be very simple, practical and ...

After a busy and rewarding two days of work shops in Osaka and the visit to Himeji Castle it was on to Nagoya. Thinking of the castle, one o...

After a couple of days rest an other train journey to Osaka. Two days of work shops with students making some four books. Lots work in keepi...

There are many sights in our shopping areas, some of the every day. Others, well perhaps I will let you make up your own mind. Bond, shoppi...

A chance to do nothing in particular, take photos of places and things that catch the eye. Happy memories for the long, dark nights in the U...

The work shops are going well. The students are as keen as mustard, intelligent questions, all take notes and all listen. The schedule is PU...

Tokyo, great place to be and a great place to have work shops. Hard work but good fun, the students work hard and produce some excellent wor...

After the rush to finish all the work on the bench in the U K and a flight with B A (coffee in paper cups... how naff is that ?) it was goo...