ARTICLES
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Breaking into the Personal, Lorraine Lamothe, QLD ...I was in Nepal, making very little headway on my research (doctoral studies) but concomitantly not having time to relish Nepal, and getting depressed. As a way out of depression, and an outlet from the directed studies, I started making small books... Zine in a Matchbox Series, Pascale Burton Up-cycling is a current shift in fashion and design that not only extends the life of waste but alters the function of an object. This is not a new concept. Images of Duchamp’s Fountain or Picasso’s Bull’s Head are evoked. This kind of upcycling drives us to see objects that our minds recognise as having one purpose, becoming something else. It makes the world somehow bigger... PAPER and PRINT: A SCULPTURAL COLLABORATION, Jan Melville, NSW Printmaker and Book Artist, Jan Melville, recently exhibited Pod with the Sydney Printmakers in their 50th Anniversary Show at the Manly Regional Gallery in Sydney. Sue Anderson’s unique binding techniques completed part of this collaboration... The Paperworks, Paula do Prado The series “The Paperworks” developed out of a fascination with the book as object. I have often used text within my art practice as a reference to the relationship between language and power and the privileged position of the written word. Specifically, I was interested in what would happen if a book became the very material with which to make, transform and question... The Labryinth and Other Whimsical Creations, Estelle Virgen, NT My earliest memories revolve around ‘the book’ as mother read me to sleep each night. The aroma of a new book, the gentle touch as one opens the cover, those crisp new pages about to reveal a new adventure, bright images jumping from the page... |
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The Watermark (La Filigrana), Linda Douglas In 2009, I went to Italy to take part in a Book and Paper Intensive, organised through the Pyramid Atlantic Arts Centre in the USA. I was overwhelmed by thebeautiful mediaeval town of Fabriano - the home of the paper favoured by many artists. The course was conducted at the Museo Della Carta e della filgrana - the Museum of paper and watermarks – where we immersed ourselves in the history of this ancient craft and related arts… |
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Printmakers at Il Bisonte in Florence, Annie Day, Robin Ezra, by Dan Hughes, NSW A group of printmakers from diverse backgrounds, joined Robin Ezra and Annie Day, for their annual foray of printmaking on the beautiful banks of the River Arno in Florence. Six Australians and a New Zealander took up the invitation to explore the intricacies of Waterless Lithography at the historical studio, Il Bisonte, while also soaking up the culture and cuisine this jewel of the Renaissance has to offer... |
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THE WORLDS OF KIRSTIN BERG, by Phe Luxford, VIC The realm of spatial reasoning – perceptions of light, gravity and distance – seem to operate differently in the work of Melbourne artist Kirstin Berg. Large shards of paper, tinted and torn into individual organic forms, are carefully brought together to suggest geological environments at once familiar and yet entirely foreign… |
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SHADOWS UNDER THE BLOOD RED ROCK, Shadows Under the Blood Red Rock was created as an exploration of Australia. I gravitate frequently toward the dark psyche in the topics I explore. In my normal life I avoid that darker side of life where I can. However in my art, I feel that I am safe to explore, to report and to fight back. I read a number of books on post- Jungian psychology when I was younger and the works of Joseph Campbell, Robert Bly, Mathew Fox and Rilke have haunted my perceptions ever since… |
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In Her Element, Linda Douglas One of the first prints Victoria Atkins made was a collograph of an Industrial landscape so after all these years, it seems cyclical that her preferred printmaking technique is still that method. The equipment required is readily available – the substrate is cardboard as opposed to aluminium, copper or zinc - and with glue and found materials a plate such as her Tidal Pools and Molluscs can be assembled without leaving home... |
Victoria Atkins, Qld | |
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NARRATIVES - ARTISTS BOOKS, Sally Darlison, VIC Books are a way of communicating a story, either with words, pictures or both. I love the feel of a book and there’s something special about holding a small book in one hand. My love affair with artist books came through my experience of attending the Textile Fibre Forums where there were books in many forms… IN PRAISE OF PAPER AND THREAD, Fiona Dempster, QLD Even though I occasionally branch out into metal, timber and Perspex, my work generally revolves around paper, and I love its many qualities and the possibilities inherent in it as a medium. Paper allows us to do so many things with it. We can fold it into intriguing origami forms and pop-up elements within the pages of a book; we can wet it and let watercolour pigments drift across it; we can immerse it and then place it under pressure to emboss images, words and designs... |
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| Beyond the Object, sculptural books (see Profiles for more information) | Barry Smith, Qld | |
| Artists books | Lyn Ashby, NSW | |
| Simplified Binding (see Articles for more information) | John Tonkin, ACT | |
| Printmaking, etching - specialist scientific insect etching (see Printmaking) | Geoff Thompson, QLD | |
| Everything is Connected - Collaborative books | Lindesay Dresdon, VIC | |
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Picture this - Doug Spowart's Bookworks Doug has been working with photography for over 45 years, taken photographs of all kinds of subjects, with all kinds of cameras, on all kinds of media and for all kinds of reasons. But the photobook has held a special fascination for him...In a desire to extend the single photograph into a more complete and enduring narrative form, Doug has made books and book-like collections in boxed sets of images, but not without humour, whimsy and irony... |
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Making Artists’ Books in Beijing |
Jane Schauer (ACT) |
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The Art of Text: Calligraphy |
Gemma Black (TAS) |
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City Survivors, Libris Book Award winner |
Kyana Pyke (QLD) |
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Marks from the soul and somewhere inbetween |
Lisa Pullen (QLD) |
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Metamorphosis (Artists’ books & zines) |
Deborah Klein (VIC) |
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Cutting out the drawing: the book as a site for architecture (Article on the winning book, Mies van der Rohe: |
Marian Macken (NSW) |
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In Love with Miniatures (Binding) |
Joy Tonkin (ACT) |
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Ambiguities in Time and Space |
Julie Kearney (QLD) |
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Mt. Tamborine Gathering, April 2010 |
Linda Douglas (QLD) |
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Focus on Artists’Book Forums 2004 – 2010 |
Michael Wardell (QLD) |
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The Battle Within: from Idea to Resolution (Artist book) |
Helen Malone (QLD) |
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TECHNICAL ARTICLES |
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| Chiaroscuro, Italy (3D watermark making) | Linda Douglas | 6 |
| Watermarks, Italy | Linda Douglas | 5 |
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Thoughts on Vellum |
Linda Newbown |
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Measuring pages for concertina books |
Linda Douglas |
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