Saturday 21 February 2015

Concertina Books

Having joined the Complete Artist Book Course at Hot Bed Press we have learnt to make concertina books with simple covers and this has stimulated my ideas - leading to new connections between work from different periods.



Essentially I think of Where and Which Way as being the begining and I regularly return to elements of this book. However as I worked on the  I Spy at the Seaside I began to think of it as a day trip, including losing your way, it starting to rain heavily and a longer walk than you wanted.




 I have made several images related to the I Spy books  which are sea orientated - which could provide another book.   I am intrigued by the accidental nature of how imagery occurs, which happened with the covers of the books. Until now I have used scanned in maps, collage and image transfer. However I have also begun to experiment digitally and may also decide to add more text to create more of a narrative.