tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25248450447504838942024-03-06T06:18:44.025+10:00tracemarksContemporary artist, book artist and printmaker - susan bowerssusan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-10534026346144622792022-03-07T10:49:00.000+10:002022-03-07T10:49:20.316+10:00mother of crows .....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Recently I have been examining what it is that makes an artist's book, how to tell the story effectively, wondering whether words are needed and so forth. I don't know that there really is a definitive answer. Some books just work well and then others seem to miss the mark. I doubt there is a formula for the success of an artist's book because, as it is with most artwork, the success or not is in the eye of the viewer and is purely subjective.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Sometimes work just resounds for someone and the person standing beside them may have no emotional response to the work at all. The last time I posted I was showing a book that for me just did not work. There seemed no reason visually or otherwise for it to exist as a book. It worked as a print though somehow did not break down to tell a convincing story.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I like to think that this version of a 'mother of crows' book leads the viewer through a more comprehensive story. It is made from an etching which has used before but I have taken apart and rearranged this one differently, adding more layers and words.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVXmtslOS2TbOcoN8f90NaM_09JZMTWQMFPNPjgUjJMXuqrs5Y0FyhaHwNt3AkrhY3KpgWRAERtnE2_Lonvp_yiG3KnEKWTJIps4YlCdaAjeMLRjera7db1S8HLgvg5UC0It0T2xlOyHkcStsFfr_k9-FY8xAasMwnRMsZ5ZhgnZjvpOl64CfYO66t=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVXmtslOS2TbOcoN8f90NaM_09JZMTWQMFPNPjgUjJMXuqrs5Y0FyhaHwNt3AkrhY3KpgWRAERtnE2_Lonvp_yiG3KnEKWTJIps4YlCdaAjeMLRjera7db1S8HLgvg5UC0It0T2xlOyHkcStsFfr_k9-FY8xAasMwnRMsZ5ZhgnZjvpOl64CfYO66t=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This book was made as a demonstration for what I have been teaching of late so I may have over loaded it a little but it stands up nicely to tell its story in a slow reveal, rather than reading the whole story laying flat where all is revealed and there is no mystery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkrysITEqA3ktkbeukBlX1zuyRNSJ0eH-47rlb6s5PvrBsHgGjROTH23Jtx030BTF1eZ4M2Fz5_1bUbpasf-I_z3V6ajIYFyA5KXS1ftKmDf2VQkhfc_0P9rZQs0wleGOIDHULpwoiT-PPFXt6t2FUxsqGXAYHKrIgY81rxv-fUqmc1yGUIv8FtzMy=s4017" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2615" data-original-width="4017" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkrysITEqA3ktkbeukBlX1zuyRNSJ0eH-47rlb6s5PvrBsHgGjROTH23Jtx030BTF1eZ4M2Fz5_1bUbpasf-I_z3V6ajIYFyA5KXS1ftKmDf2VQkhfc_0P9rZQs0wleGOIDHULpwoiT-PPFXt6t2FUxsqGXAYHKrIgY81rxv-fUqmc1yGUIv8FtzMy=w640-h416" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It is a personal story of the crows in our garden. We are on top of a hill so mostly we are looking down on crows even though they are flying high. One spring a couple built a nest atop a tall tree in the garden, high up from the ground but for us, we were able to watch the process at eye level. Enchanting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlpc_WehLwOegPjPZxvh-Rm0fCbFg5waYAnBVGqojGmKlJ826Tl8prOOd9Igpg7wE5j6aaEw-BZL0gfefcLl1MfUWV4-eHhjw6t0cBidj2t4hCSQK2lQSHzO4sIhNEitG93-p1_IUDMmWW1ESH5cOrpFi-cafhP54MIx628qvm6jj5OF7s1Krf_gEM=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlpc_WehLwOegPjPZxvh-Rm0fCbFg5waYAnBVGqojGmKlJ826Tl8prOOd9Igpg7wE5j6aaEw-BZL0gfefcLl1MfUWV4-eHhjw6t0cBidj2t4hCSQK2lQSHzO4sIhNEitG93-p1_IUDMmWW1ESH5cOrpFi-cafhP54MIx628qvm6jj5OF7s1Krf_gEM=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I have used black thread to sew this book which is a version of a concertina or accordion book. I think the thread suits the book and makes me think of fine twigs.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWp7Ozy4v_JFz3F7oCkffDOiQa2q_qaHyArwOV45UgDiLBLmRUzo2bprFbLk1bT_metaisUB3xd1xYcOu0G7ZS7mX4velaZTtE4cjqsyHyvJGhyq9Y_gsfhS6grpJlh82KzuxngoiM06G4RQk2Ki9E8_Y_gfDNUPgAMR7Soh9cTlhXCuUWq0FCgFR0=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWp7Ozy4v_JFz3F7oCkffDOiQa2q_qaHyArwOV45UgDiLBLmRUzo2bprFbLk1bT_metaisUB3xd1xYcOu0G7ZS7mX4velaZTtE4cjqsyHyvJGhyq9Y_gsfhS6grpJlh82KzuxngoiM06G4RQk2Ki9E8_Y_gfDNUPgAMR7Soh9cTlhXCuUWq0FCgFR0=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I don't often do artwork on both sides of a book but thought this print on fine tengucho paper added to the work. I also demonstrated and therefore made for myself a simple folded and glued box to protect this book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBU-z_2yd1if0XuD6vkSeyx_r6vLUM63tqu9nknczM2EbwqDkteiGVT_TCxJf5x5exfMVu-Sr8bhCfwAexr3rPpR7ZN7RFK__fuoE2dDWHcING9zkIxOVLhoUKP9c0nSHhUSxtY4yP2KodcfOArqnWY4Bi4nsnf4nilXPfqOkka9hCcLiPJuuiqDNL=s3779" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2834" data-original-width="3779" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBU-z_2yd1if0XuD6vkSeyx_r6vLUM63tqu9nknczM2EbwqDkteiGVT_TCxJf5x5exfMVu-Sr8bhCfwAexr3rPpR7ZN7RFK__fuoE2dDWHcING9zkIxOVLhoUKP9c0nSHhUSxtY4yP2KodcfOArqnWY4Bi4nsnf4nilXPfqOkka9hCcLiPJuuiqDNL=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and now it is neatly tucked away .....</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZykFqM2am-ynBAH5slZ6DZCf0-Kky_Sy1l679tsZ_ok8UXCKZuKMj9wY6qBF1QqisCFTxhf2VQJv34ZimjBphuMrS2vh5jJHaEpGl1Cy0hdtnDUrun8qnnWd_O7UV4pzgiE0DyV8QUV0qy1gqIGDe4WNZ9kEsB_mu0EAVbp7vQwIGB8vGhdKjA-YS=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiZykFqM2am-ynBAH5slZ6DZCf0-Kky_Sy1l679tsZ_ok8UXCKZuKMj9wY6qBF1QqisCFTxhf2VQJv34ZimjBphuMrS2vh5jJHaEpGl1Cy0hdtnDUrun8qnnWd_O7UV4pzgiE0DyV8QUV0qy1gqIGDe4WNZ9kEsB_mu0EAVbp7vQwIGB8vGhdKjA-YS=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p>susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-35052058085526086012022-01-30T14:32:00.002+10:002022-01-30T14:32:33.899+10:00telling or creating a story .....<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8uGHnJuQfcbmoZs_aoJ1rTJkOu57ziWExe3rDKMGpWdP_hRVy2gL8zrs2uKPTkdd5AF5jp2qmiOT93KYK7N1EPXjqGgNA6AK5_tw5sfujOLQXHcXEHK4KI4tCo0U2tgL6tBWfAsohMd7z4tB3t98D3kaI_sjTAA-g5iSaS8OFqOZWVEJ9oNAsemp5=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8uGHnJuQfcbmoZs_aoJ1rTJkOu57ziWExe3rDKMGpWdP_hRVy2gL8zrs2uKPTkdd5AF5jp2qmiOT93KYK7N1EPXjqGgNA6AK5_tw5sfujOLQXHcXEHK4KI4tCo0U2tgL6tBWfAsohMd7z4tB3t98D3kaI_sjTAA-g5iSaS8OFqOZWVEJ9oNAsemp5=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">What is it that makes an artist's book a success? For me there are two elements foremost on my mind when I plan a book - how I will present it visually and what story am I telling. This is not a strict rule in my making but I do prefer to ponder these issues before I begin creating an artist's book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">As I am about to start some teaching I have been beavering away in the studio creating further examples of my artist's books to share with students. Next week I will post on a book which was conceived with a story inbuilt, whereas this book is very much about trying to create a story from a couple of etchings that I found in my drawers and which I had never particularly liked.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfdzw1E08NOiGETE5gGFNLVSVtSQgBpL0RCivHiBls3RaQVmHkvxM-8AzjsOBZyIHq0otwR9dJCFE7HpcgR3nrLOy987VhIjwAEls_VaRrkV8FAfirOk2vszCvIjnc2GS0q5d7L_xy0qVdBoaScDB0joII-K6lu8oeoGJ0t-HbdWVF8_pBx6IZOvg5=s1440" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfdzw1E08NOiGETE5gGFNLVSVtSQgBpL0RCivHiBls3RaQVmHkvxM-8AzjsOBZyIHq0otwR9dJCFE7HpcgR3nrLOy987VhIjwAEls_VaRrkV8FAfirOk2vszCvIjnc2GS0q5d7L_xy0qVdBoaScDB0joII-K6lu8oeoGJ0t-HbdWVF8_pBx6IZOvg5=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">There were two prints, very graphic though using one of my favourite techniques in the printmaking arsenal, sugar lift. I love the free flowing forms you can give your work with the sugar lift process. With these two prints I had experimented with different colour ways and obviously was not happy with them as they have been buried in a bottom drawer for years. I decided that as they didn't work as prints, I would take them apart and create a story with them. You can see in the photographs below that I cut them into a favourite landscape shape and then decided to use some ink solutions to change the work into something I preferred.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjERsQWwgVHD1EdJHftD3UNJbHp0xsZH81mfhSxHwCDxz4uGYqsmpE-kD_P3x7ndS0MXTafwhwJStDe46gFImU3MuX7CQGX4vE8MA1MPQcMx9kkhk5Et6_obpkM2CWEHBoHJRLvRkWQukR2CEPr81JOI1n-DHhNvc1Em6_qSvEmnjuvHXNE7ivc5zd1=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjERsQWwgVHD1EdJHftD3UNJbHp0xsZH81mfhSxHwCDxz4uGYqsmpE-kD_P3x7ndS0MXTafwhwJStDe46gFImU3MuX7CQGX4vE8MA1MPQcMx9kkhk5Et6_obpkM2CWEHBoHJRLvRkWQukR2CEPr81JOI1n-DHhNvc1Em6_qSvEmnjuvHXNE7ivc5zd1=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDFdnze8BTUJ2xVcBqETe-Vbmw6osgMbAtkLQVJwpeZMogg3zUJZ-8QmNcituPpNx5GwqvtweaId4XVE2bSZZkkCLnzXSadfyW-9jyJgjIihAs5QdinnYI8m7fKCi8qBr3hBtoPzRiAshmHEg0TSEtRo7e7C1RqlZ4dQ_sXsNBP15Dz37GrSTc95YT=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDFdnze8BTUJ2xVcBqETe-Vbmw6osgMbAtkLQVJwpeZMogg3zUJZ-8QmNcituPpNx5GwqvtweaId4XVE2bSZZkkCLnzXSadfyW-9jyJgjIihAs5QdinnYI8m7fKCi8qBr3hBtoPzRiAshmHEg0TSEtRo7e7C1RqlZ4dQ_sXsNBP15Dz37GrSTc95YT=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipbaHJBIAGdK5opn_G9VbLhUhFG9URomSZNBRCGmUp54C1ZbHGze9UQUYMvQWi2q1dWEiABmrhR-p6dZgzs-qQOYn7UIotjCB8Oiu_1j_2_uZpj6qUFPnI77CCFNF1XH_C-zOygtmWpe5UXeNc8CtIcnO17w8HamYRcQo_f9jvLdThnPY8JZdoqV5j=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipbaHJBIAGdK5opn_G9VbLhUhFG9URomSZNBRCGmUp54C1ZbHGze9UQUYMvQWi2q1dWEiABmrhR-p6dZgzs-qQOYn7UIotjCB8Oiu_1j_2_uZpj6qUFPnI77CCFNF1XH_C-zOygtmWpe5UXeNc8CtIcnO17w8HamYRcQo_f9jvLdThnPY8JZdoqV5j=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The problem arose when I was trying to construct some kind of storyline for my 'artist's book' and I ran into all sorts of problems as I could not find a way to present the pages in a way they came together to tell their story. I thought I could mount them onto a Fabriano 640gsm paper and emboss around them. Still I could find no story to tell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0cNtBdtnRhTDJYyepLQMYb65xPSb1YND_SHLsvsnon5YAP-NIBIQQjncQ1fNIzusgj7J7RXe8XFJEkjb7ABSWaygY3hZc_yKXQR3_b2AQ1gKxbO1CjACqS4TCslIff3WuS_dPXdLy80Wb81mEZytHS2gLSFTK3EQjqPnP95dB35nYToafV_ngvc7X=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0cNtBdtnRhTDJYyepLQMYb65xPSb1YND_SHLsvsnon5YAP-NIBIQQjncQ1fNIzusgj7J7RXe8XFJEkjb7ABSWaygY3hZc_yKXQR3_b2AQ1gKxbO1CjACqS4TCslIff3WuS_dPXdLy80Wb81mEZytHS2gLSFTK3EQjqPnP95dB35nYToafV_ngvc7X=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I thought that I could include further mark making work in behind each image to see if I could find storyline. No luck.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz7tQAVwSwO3CTo9AYICm8l2b-7Dmb6PyaCWfpSxbDNJRDjzRUuiYxNmRLuBs4Iy3b7IzaRsCbTEjcC-Z_Yj3zjgykSGm0mVRhhOoNm-0BsrFIa5YhdlBYj1G_Cpz2zdKsZg_IrVLl8Dlo91Dx0XMlGdXbDeI1JQisSMW7Psl83SzzVRrHgXvpkChL=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiz7tQAVwSwO3CTo9AYICm8l2b-7Dmb6PyaCWfpSxbDNJRDjzRUuiYxNmRLuBs4Iy3b7IzaRsCbTEjcC-Z_Yj3zjgykSGm0mVRhhOoNm-0BsrFIa5YhdlBYj1G_Cpz2zdKsZg_IrVLl8Dlo91Dx0XMlGdXbDeI1JQisSMW7Psl83SzzVRrHgXvpkChL=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Somehow this way of presenting the work and trying to fabricate a story was never going to work so I almost gave up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBWF3tH7FVHLut6gbpyMQcW8Gl2fzf1HwYZAXfD1lGXDcyi-SsOPthfjYgg4iTb_vbfxP63459xOA3hPN1CQ0NKGu4YilVxsS-I_7zQslnsnjo2RH12-jIf8YANGVUML_WAgjTy7Kbwda-0lAyEsg4K1GKCrm-oVtHF0CkK4_ozkbBRV-9p7l9G46H=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBWF3tH7FVHLut6gbpyMQcW8Gl2fzf1HwYZAXfD1lGXDcyi-SsOPthfjYgg4iTb_vbfxP63459xOA3hPN1CQ0NKGu4YilVxsS-I_7zQslnsnjo2RH12-jIf8YANGVUML_WAgjTy7Kbwda-0lAyEsg4K1GKCrm-oVtHF0CkK4_ozkbBRV-9p7l9G46H=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Finally, I realised that the pages only made sense when I laid them out as a landscape book - a long thin story line of marks both subtle and bold which tramped their way through my landscape story.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0YEY4Jrl-q4m07JJRHYAWIeLn4HRiV3RIU3zPHgB3QbpDxoZx8dRPhamSWLAjBNfuBBqtmuaveoX6rz84ancFrY3U9VscbSwOFfnYF9VjdReP7qdv2DizG21WbaalWPLpUodpM0SD7cFB_Jr_Q9__o_S6BvAQMLW6O2fxXru2rGy3i1nplj2W_vie=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0YEY4Jrl-q4m07JJRHYAWIeLn4HRiV3RIU3zPHgB3QbpDxoZx8dRPhamSWLAjBNfuBBqtmuaveoX6rz84ancFrY3U9VscbSwOFfnYF9VjdReP7qdv2DizG21WbaalWPLpUodpM0SD7cFB_Jr_Q9__o_S6BvAQMLW6O2fxXru2rGy3i1nplj2W_vie=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">And so after much playing around and juggling the eternal 'I could do this' or 'I could do that' I had made a decision and went ahead and sewed my book using a grey blue thread which actually brings out some of the lovely blues still present on the pages.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNDeb5TfZy5xfN4twF8grCBFtREFJqWe8voKDT411czBfu3MlLauiHGKHs0mou7l9ZyVVfv1Jd2mYetSo-KR4VroNV1RvEaOAMyiopycqWQDrnoxJ-wJT4rYDYjC7AmZWXxNz08OS0chZ4AN5pyWFw3hKUKvaAgy2zzd3ewZryR-hT3OA5NLzGqGBl=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNDeb5TfZy5xfN4twF8grCBFtREFJqWe8voKDT411czBfu3MlLauiHGKHs0mou7l9ZyVVfv1Jd2mYetSo-KR4VroNV1RvEaOAMyiopycqWQDrnoxJ-wJT4rYDYjC7AmZWXxNz08OS0chZ4AN5pyWFw3hKUKvaAgy2zzd3ewZryR-hT3OA5NLzGqGBl=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIwZ5BI8G1cte5SNo9M-Lv7sgKVzwCYUXxUPIagM3--SBarUgycV52nDgExo46A0rZIr3C7f28p_uN9XKg3GURYzZMzXOs6HRZ7FHq2Bnl9t2_2YqJC_MprNStpdpwb4IhLKsqqUJmU9_aTL1sbcDCjZkvcgFi6a1MKSaFgsKrzcI-wbUqfCtQsm8G=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIwZ5BI8G1cte5SNo9M-Lv7sgKVzwCYUXxUPIagM3--SBarUgycV52nDgExo46A0rZIr3C7f28p_uN9XKg3GURYzZMzXOs6HRZ7FHq2Bnl9t2_2YqJC_MprNStpdpwb4IhLKsqqUJmU9_aTL1sbcDCjZkvcgFi6a1MKSaFgsKrzcI-wbUqfCtQsm8G=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I now have a seven page little landscape book, 24cms x 5cms and the truth is, I really don't think it works that well as an artist's book. And that is how it happens sometimes - you start with no plan and really try hard to pull a story together and it just doesn't work. Other times, especially if you begin with a story in mind before creating the artwork, you find a story line which comes together very easily and rings true.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6wvsd2MgTdd9KruF4eqTdNY7GXG0jdHQsXAj-DCxImtczrrzOM3wwErGNSoOoJ9-EDgxODa5gNb0EQUp4Xqtnvbn4G--pjmWgWtF7_Fc7FIAvbtKRDXPBgEx4BZmwKSqMxfBZu1GaPp29Eo_ji_Run9yqitK7krqzxCyOvCLvxLyQAm1xCYdhOjCI=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6wvsd2MgTdd9KruF4eqTdNY7GXG0jdHQsXAj-DCxImtczrrzOM3wwErGNSoOoJ9-EDgxODa5gNb0EQUp4Xqtnvbn4G--pjmWgWtF7_Fc7FIAvbtKRDXPBgEx4BZmwKSqMxfBZu1GaPp29Eo_ji_Run9yqitK7krqzxCyOvCLvxLyQAm1xCYdhOjCI=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So now I have quite a cute little book which you can hold up close and examine closely, finding all the embossed marks I created before the book was laminated and sewn and though I have accepted (or have I ....) that there is no story here to tell, I can just enjoy a wee visual adventure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipOHRhTNK1P-sLU5KU1dpovdRbzOTXPp5alBXBEV4UNB4EWIbD-jNyRqNr1R96Mri6G3g6eAQriOCZPQ6-w04x3Z9OSZqrgn5udfngNSP4R0axt9iOnQqUQEQpTyg2mBcdWjsYRVu9VH0Bg5a5b4yrJFDFWrSDIlqT-gSXaM_JbxeBQHfoz6xDq23G=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipOHRhTNK1P-sLU5KU1dpovdRbzOTXPp5alBXBEV4UNB4EWIbD-jNyRqNr1R96Mri6G3g6eAQriOCZPQ6-w04x3Z9OSZqrgn5udfngNSP4R0axt9iOnQqUQEQpTyg2mBcdWjsYRVu9VH0Bg5a5b4yrJFDFWrSDIlqT-gSXaM_JbxeBQHfoz6xDq23G=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-11811945130081620172022-01-07T15:21:00.002+10:002022-01-07T15:21:59.489+10:00a very welcome new year .....<p style="text-align: justify;">I love that time of year when a new year turns the page and all the weariness of the end of the last year fades away, or begins to fade away as the new year strides along. We are already one week into 2022 and I have been giving the studio a big clean and sort in readiness for some teaching to start here in February. Exciting. It is always such a joy to teach artists the joy of making books and sharing my books to show that there is an abundance of opportunity to turn their work into something quite unique.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">I have not worked in book form for a while - though skipping back through my posts and not looking at the dates you would wonder if that were true. When I was working on my self imposed 'book a week' project I stopped after 26 books as the discipline had done what was required - it got me into the studio and anxious to work. I became absorbed in drawings rather than books and though there is little shown on my blog about these drawings, they do exist and I may pull one out everyone and then for show and tell.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Now that I am back posting to this blog, I am reminded of my reason for starting trademarks in the first place. It was to record my studio activity and keep a digital visual diary of what I was doing - rather than the effort of keeping up a 'drawing a day' which was another way I recorded visually for some years.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2YzvKKFLTJN7231W5_ok4GvukHtnml-_QlU3oqEV9n-QbHh9MeH4AG98x4MEidSPHE75m9UNKf-pRYnigpoJ98Ia6Ss8mq7UMe1KnMldUiw72oU1nRGAO_4O9KzhmmppVdG8bdr__fWvSe5Ud_Fuvj17aGPC9n5bv0aC-vyKW0yDltEXAm-trRUjh=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi2YzvKKFLTJN7231W5_ok4GvukHtnml-_QlU3oqEV9n-QbHh9MeH4AG98x4MEidSPHE75m9UNKf-pRYnigpoJ98Ia6Ss8mq7UMe1KnMldUiw72oU1nRGAO_4O9KzhmmppVdG8bdr__fWvSe5Ud_Fuvj17aGPC9n5bv0aC-vyKW0yDltEXAm-trRUjh=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI1tz5c6gYh6ZmrdV8cDBqxmDpqvgisNt0pOpzgKGGu0oxq8VPi7LtQBGRg5VmpTe-bFmsCGFBQBd9q5_jsto37q6G8B931sGQyHna_GPCm-0ASbKN00VfCHhJUtHWUkRG1F59y4_bJWw5ChjQTMkj4qRsBV6dPobTlLWnSV-WpLh6FoZ8oYv9fRhd=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI1tz5c6gYh6ZmrdV8cDBqxmDpqvgisNt0pOpzgKGGu0oxq8VPi7LtQBGRg5VmpTe-bFmsCGFBQBd9q5_jsto37q6G8B931sGQyHna_GPCm-0ASbKN00VfCHhJUtHWUkRG1F59y4_bJWw5ChjQTMkj4qRsBV6dPobTlLWnSV-WpLh6FoZ8oYv9fRhd=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I should really have taken some photos of the clean desks before I filled them with work. Next week I have a few artists coming here for show and tell before we begin our lessons. I have tried to break my books down into four categories/techniques which I tend to employ more than any others. The plan is to begin with a commitment to four lessons after which I will see who is still keen to continue and who is not.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Vdl8t-ihVZlfPlrQRlJRgbGCKhWpen46SU1XasHUuQdvbO8wcm5xQmFtIHUMTT1r0MacSbUlwTHNTccxKy4Ivydg3yA0Q6ozTU6sbKx90XXCBkPDHLNhTXZx4adnnE3hVNWKj5769MyYC4zjpJrDrBDW8ivbCs99iZqnzIoWFYY0yLtGU8AzwMA4=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh0Vdl8t-ihVZlfPlrQRlJRgbGCKhWpen46SU1XasHUuQdvbO8wcm5xQmFtIHUMTT1r0MacSbUlwTHNTccxKy4Ivydg3yA0Q6ozTU6sbKx90XXCBkPDHLNhTXZx4adnnE3hVNWKj5769MyYC4zjpJrDrBDW8ivbCs99iZqnzIoWFYY0yLtGU8AzwMA4=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjV0nKoikCJ9wDoQiXtFueF24LdTx2si_uAcINqFd82k4YPFIN5hhpThsqQbgSkuoBrbFIsuSzP3-culuiABnX28USloLnK12NCuE0179VhqZXZNKanBDkUo7bC8hlye3D64CBSGs5BnUqpKXEfN4psEtp7x2iSpgal9kLB-qAgECs212WSPWFlTm97=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjV0nKoikCJ9wDoQiXtFueF24LdTx2si_uAcINqFd82k4YPFIN5hhpThsqQbgSkuoBrbFIsuSzP3-culuiABnX28USloLnK12NCuE0179VhqZXZNKanBDkUo7bC8hlye3D64CBSGs5BnUqpKXEfN4psEtp7x2iSpgal9kLB-qAgECs212WSPWFlTm97=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1mnN3E9_mtQThwalyy-KVNEd1PHwjxTtL2puFVdfG4fdWYvMAms735MT9il4Q3WB_yMeIb3r3pFwsSIqxS18wVm0JttIB6Tw2xMJa8m25zqhQa3HAnJGEFNJJ2UU2if5rSzM_UGH7xsgR4hSa5tgThT4saVcZxqwmhGAA9pB3YOn5NAo2ZsA9w2Aj=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1mnN3E9_mtQThwalyy-KVNEd1PHwjxTtL2puFVdfG4fdWYvMAms735MT9il4Q3WB_yMeIb3r3pFwsSIqxS18wVm0JttIB6Tw2xMJa8m25zqhQa3HAnJGEFNJJ2UU2if5rSzM_UGH7xsgR4hSa5tgThT4saVcZxqwmhGAA9pB3YOn5NAo2ZsA9w2Aj=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Well I for one am excited - and busy practising stitches, or variations thereof, which I haven't used for ages. I am out of practice taking photos while I work but I have just completed a small coptic binding with a header stitch which I undid three times before I was happy that I remembered it well enough to teach. I kept looking at a wonderful postcard Fiona Dempster made which reads ...<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">BREATHE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">HOPE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">PERSIST</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEmVnEmKX0R69R0aMzQo9_2_pFMHA3euKskYm1sArM6VhjlqJ5McJyao16VYxN0NeUTqzdujMLY4NdZKdXm_bJCtUzScOFze2n6GLtVO1QEBDMQimjushkbRRGe0ztgQ5EJFi8K6PNMwWoIylnTzom3ejA84iarNZZjJpnTpjRFmtciyEMLHSKugx9=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEmVnEmKX0R69R0aMzQo9_2_pFMHA3euKskYm1sArM6VhjlqJ5McJyao16VYxN0NeUTqzdujMLY4NdZKdXm_bJCtUzScOFze2n6GLtVO1QEBDMQimjushkbRRGe0ztgQ5EJFi8K6PNMwWoIylnTzom3ejA84iarNZZjJpnTpjRFmtciyEMLHSKugx9=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p></div>susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-83804079939376665582022-01-04T17:00:00.001+10:002022-01-04T17:00:00.173+10:002021 tick .....<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">For many, and I suspect most of us, it is wonderful to be saying goodbye to 2021 and welcome this New Year which we hope will be brighter, more gentle and more connected. By that I mean that we have the opportunity to connect with those we have missed over the last couple of years, or places that we miss and have been unable to visit because of restrictions. By no means do I think our troubles are over with this pandemic, but I hope this year allows us all more freedoms to spend time with those we love, and enjoy the places we love to spend time.</div><p></p><p>This drawing below is called<i> 'hope' </i>which is apt I think. So many of my musings have begun with I hope this or I hope that. This was not the only inspiration for this work. I drew upon Emily Dickinson's poem</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>'Hope' is a thing with feathers - </i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>that perches in the soul</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>and sings the tune without the words</i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>and never stops - at all.</i></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhegRxOXPQcdTAsIDXkZmPVTczICVHKXhHOfsXFpjzjZf8pRcaj8-TA14H8aKLQ9MsANrlFfoq-dAWCNRaSGdVOuKFiYtCSrLD06-6oJYL9Jy_I8p5UySpEkmIhUqLhkZz_z1Mqj_iY4exPi5Q92G0qn9NxSIkjgPmIZwC8xfCTY7OXnLNuxbH9qVS5=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhegRxOXPQcdTAsIDXkZmPVTczICVHKXhHOfsXFpjzjZf8pRcaj8-TA14H8aKLQ9MsANrlFfoq-dAWCNRaSGdVOuKFiYtCSrLD06-6oJYL9Jy_I8p5UySpEkmIhUqLhkZz_z1Mqj_iY4exPi5Q92G0qn9NxSIkjgPmIZwC8xfCTY7OXnLNuxbH9qVS5=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> 'Hope'</i></div><p></p><p>This series of five drawings are all done on architectural drafting paper which gives them a luminesecence which you cannot tell with the photographs. And they are quite large - 900mm x 700mm. It is one of those bodies of work that comes from that place where you let go and something else takes over. 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I had very lovely feedback from visitors to the small showing that they just stood in front of my work and gazed. Lovely supporting words to hear. I think every artist wants to know that people take the time to really stop and look at their work.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Though there is much to say I am now preparing for teaching a few keen artists who want to explore the art of making books. The studio is ready for show and tell next week and soon thereafter we will commence. It will be great fun for me to revisit the techniques and design of artist's books as I have not made any for some time. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wishing everyone a much happier year this year. I will add that my year was pretty easy and not that much different from other years. We live on ten acres where every day I look down through the trees and along the coastline of the Sunshine Coast and am so thankful to live in such a gorgeous spot. Not too difficult to isolate here - though I have missed that steady connection with family and friends.</div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br />susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-26317724638903629612021-10-07T13:34:00.002+10:002021-10-29T14:23:48.585+10:00the red thread ...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXSc339AgzuSL_P2JIHrp3LfOyqFgszCW90JwB02gggjLnc8519gSu5mOcnt6rsXC-1d9GhhyZ27G5JGu3EJIecb5vOglMqXM8nUYn5TfWiwI2PtBE5grEddivlxun84WDOcep-M1V0ibh2yXu2LJEoAhu_l24gvlrPu2ceUK2xHPISYmPuyS8BFAm=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="521" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXSc339AgzuSL_P2JIHrp3LfOyqFgszCW90JwB02gggjLnc8519gSu5mOcnt6rsXC-1d9GhhyZ27G5JGu3EJIecb5vOglMqXM8nUYn5TfWiwI2PtBE5grEddivlxun84WDOcep-M1V0ibh2yXu2LJEoAhu_l24gvlrPu2ceUK2xHPISYmPuyS8BFAm=w521-h521" width="521" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">A showing of recent works by</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Susan Bowers, Fiona Dempster, Stephanie McLennan and Tory Richards.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A collection of prints, mixed media drawings and artists' books</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The theme 'The Red Thread' has given us all the opportunity to explore in our own way what it means to have threads holding and connecting us to each other and the world especially at a time when the world has seemed very strange indeed.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">Sometimes it takes an exhibition or in this case a 'showing' of work to motivate you back into the studio, and back into the blogging world where I am quite shocked to realise it has been years since I last posted to <i>tracemarks</i>. I have missed it. Now that I am here over three years later, not only has the format for blogging changed by I think my work has too. Certainly I have been exploring concepts that have seen me wearing my heart on my sleeves a little and I will be posting more on that, and on the works that I am submitting for </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">show, at a later stage.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am including below one of the images of a series of five large drawings - 900mm x 700mm - which have been done with the idea of spiritual connections. The intangible forces that surround us and hold us. As is often the case in a small version of a large work the detail is lost. As you may have read in previous posts of mine that I have not been able to work with intaglio etching and since then have been searching for a way to reproduce the plate tone I so loved with copper plate printing. This is the closest I have come to realising that effect with drawing.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCpb4oDdNz4XV5s6xmDhkTBMWztduS9wElyVI3tQmgNJbyZrH0TjISD-WFmT7P0oM4Fzb4tnmEdEjstNzm3TT5_KS67UdaBJ6_j82-t4bi-KU5-KLgWb8jeQ1gh_26kzYeDpIs-ySXcuu-z5nYp1M4tGhqVrqoc4KO2lWlfe8sNRl16aEm3GI12T4W=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjCpb4oDdNz4XV5s6xmDhkTBMWztduS9wElyVI3tQmgNJbyZrH0TjISD-WFmT7P0oM4Fzb4tnmEdEjstNzm3TT5_KS67UdaBJ6_j82-t4bi-KU5-KLgWb8jeQ1gh_26kzYeDpIs-ySXcuu-z5nYp1M4tGhqVrqoc4KO2lWlfe8sNRl16aEm3GI12T4W=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">'Hope'</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;"><br /></span><p></p>susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-33682306179306366322018-07-06T17:16:00.002+10:002018-07-06T17:16:42.163+10:0026/52 'my little black and white book' and 27/52 'tis not always black and white' ....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The two books are simple - no artistic content but are lovely playthings. Both are small as they are part of the collection which will fit the perspex compartment box I have. This one, pictured above and below, has a greybeard cover and I have used a zercal bookmaking paper with beautiful tengujo paper which I have printed with engraved plates. The paper is so soft and delicious but very slippery to sew.</span></div>
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As is often the case, the photographs of objects can become a thing of beauty themselves and sometimes the photographs are way more beautiful than the object one is photographing.</div>
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A digital play - just because I can! The shadow reminds me of a butterfly.</div>
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I really enjoyed making these two books and in fact, once the project is over, these two books will probably be fixed open and framed. Steve claimed the darker one and I am partial to the lighter version, so happily they will be visible upon our walls at some stage. I very rarely do this as I am such a lover of the artist's book in its own right. However, every now and then I like to think of the books fully revealed and visible. I have been meaning to frame one of my <i><a href="http://trace-marks.blogspot.com/2014/04/" target="_blank">magpie</a> </i>books as well so may do that at the same time.</div>
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The pages for both these books were made from left overs of the landscapes series I did for the exhibition at the Noosa Regional Art Gallery. They are rich with texture and yet the colours and markings are very subtle. The inspiration for this body of work came from flying over Lake Ayer after the wind had whipped up all the salt and it look almost like a coastal landscape. I have also flown in helicopters over other parts of the Australian outback and those visual images of our land from an aerial perspective are my favourite. The land is flattened and distinguishing features of the landscape often become mere marks on a flat plane.</div>
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This book is incomplete but of all the books made thus far this year, this one has fed my imagination and so I see this as a mock up of various ideas which I wish to explore at some other time. I will explore the idea of ancestry and various branches and endings, intertwinings and overlaps. In fact I am contemplating make my first digital artist's book with this idea and will post on it should I ever bring my idea into reality.</div>
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<br />susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-15207476566166387082018-06-01T16:07:00.000+10:002018-06-01T16:07:18.919+10:0022/52 ' looking for home' .....<br />
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This is a personal book about trying to find my place, my home. Starting out with plenty of confusion and wandering in all directions. Eventually, having passed close by several times, I found my resting place atop the hill. My heart home. So I guess it is really a book about searching. The book pages were made a few years ago with paper left over when working on one of the collaborative works with <a href="https://paperponderings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Fiona Dempster</a> - our <i><a href="http://trace-marks.blogspot.com/2012/12/bundled-not-yet-boxed.html" target="_blank">'envelope books'</a></i>. I tried at some stage to make them into a book previously but it was a very unsuccessful attempt and I ripped it apart. The mapping pages have been sitting on/in one of my desk piles for years and have finally been made into a book which pleases me.</div>
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With a number of books this year I have used 'greyboard' mostly because it has been expeditious, but with this book I actually think it really suits the imagery. A number of people who have been following my 'book a week project' have said that this is their favourite so far and I would have to agree. Probably because this one comes from the heart! It is a very simple little book but it has meaning.</div>
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This little book consists of four folios sewn into the cover with pamphlet stitch. The spine was then covered with a hinge of black leather. As is often the case my inspiration is drawn from extensive journeys into the Australian outback. I used some of the rusted paper I had in the studio as it reflects so much of the true interior colour and then painted small landscape scenes with black ink. A few small details were added either with fine black pen or white conte. The book was surprisingly difficult to photograph and so only a few snippets are shown here.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">About five years ago my children visited Japan together, skiing I think, and Tim actually came home with a number of perspex boxes for me which he had purchased. One of them was/is a 4 x 4 compartment box allowing for sixteen books to be displayed. I have been waiting since then to come up with an idea to fill those spaces and now that I am at week 20 of my 52 week project, I have decided that sixteen of my books can be housed in this perspex framework. </span></div>
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This is the first of those 16 to be housed (in fact it may be more as I may add multiples of books at a time) in this way. I am anticipating that most of these books will be sculptural, or at the very least photograph worthy and not necessarily have artistic content inside the book. This is quite rare for me as I have always used the 'book' as a vehicle for my artwork.</div>
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The book was made using cut down postcards with a simple coptic binding. It is quite lovely to handle as it is small and fluid in the hand though I think that the photographs do it more justice than it deserves.</div>
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<span id="goog_642704152"></span><span id="goog_642704153"></span><br />susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-67460468713904062262018-05-14T15:28:00.000+10:002018-05-14T15:28:10.247+10:0019/52 'sea urchins' - echinocorys .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I confess that this 'book' is really just a drawing I was experimenting with in order to plan and prepare for a couple of large drawings in a similar vein. I have finished one of the large ones - 1300mm x 720mm - but actually reduced the amount of defined detail as I didn't really like having such realistic work.</div>
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This smaller piece works quite well folded as a book as I can contain what I now see as 'realism' between the covers and only peep when necessary. For years I have enjoyed making marks and suggesting, often obscurely, my work rather than making my drawing representational. This means that very often no one understands my work even if they love it ..... hence my decision to introduce an element of realism back into my work. I will actually post on these large drawings I am doing at a later point, but let me say now that I was really unhappy to actually see or recognise in my drawing, that which I was drawing! Not sure that makes any sense other than to me. As here in this book you can see the sea urchins even though they are not drawn in great detail - I find myself alienated from this work, enjoying the areas where I have not defined the subject far more so than the objects I have drawn. Blah! A whole lot about nothing really.</div>
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I prefer suggestive work and some of these smaller snippets of photos, especially photographed from the backside of the film, to see are way more interesting that the drawing as a whole.<br />
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Some books are all about the content and some are really all about the photographs. This book falls into the latter category - I had such fun playing with the photos and think many of the images are more satisfactory than the actual book.</div>
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This book was begun about four years ago when I was taking part in Fiona Dempster's project 'A Letter a Week' - which meant that participating artists produced two alphabet books each year. I think I made three and this, the fourth, sat half finished until now. It gave me great joy to complete this book which was actually the first book or artwork in which I used my father's old letraset. No one knew this of course as the book had been sitting on my desk alongside many other unfinished bits and pieces. </div>
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There is not much to say about the book other than it was designed to have a slow reveal of the letters. When the cover is opened you can only see three of the letters - 'a', 'g' and 'z'. I have always enjoyed making books with this slow reveal.</div>
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The dimensions of the book are 420mm x 220mm which makes it the largest of the eighteen books I have made thus far in 2018. Can't believe eighteen weeks have slipped by already.</div>
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Today is ANZAC day here in Australia - a day when we come out in force to remember and be thankful for those men and women from Australia and New Zealand who 'served and died in all wars, conflicts and peacekeeping operations'. Originally Anzac Day was a day to honour the soldiers who fought at Gallipoli against the Ottoman Empire during WW1. The attack lasted eight months and over 56,000 Allies died.</div>
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This book is rather soft and poignant - quite a contrast to my book last week. Once again I have used and re worked a page from my <i>'Pieces for Peace 14-18'</i> book which was exhibited in Brussels. These covers were made from poppies I cut out from another print and they are encased in transparent film to protect the <i>'fallen poppies'</i>.</div>
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This little book is made from one of the pages I made for the <i>'<a href="https://trace-marks.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/" target="_blank">Pieces for Peace' exhibition in Brussels </a></i>in 2014 though it is completely reworked into a small folded format. I made a little box for the book and realised that although it housed a rather dramatic little book, the cover itself looked quite 'pretty'. This led me to start thinking about how war is often packaged in different ways, presented to us in different guises, concealed, ignored even tolerated. Expected.</div>
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I rarely visit this arena in my artwork as it makes me so irate and then I become artistically crippled. I do so admire people who can tackle weighty issues in their artwork, and in their writing .... my comfort is back in the landscape where I find nature heals all wounds and restores us.</div>
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Anzac Day is next week and at this time of year I find myself thinking about all our men and women who have lost lives through war. Then I begin to think about all those who have lost lives in their own homes as part of domestic violence. How can we hope for peace in the world when there is so much violence close to home. Dismal thoughts ..... and this is why I usually avoid making this sort of book.</div>
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The imagery really speaks for itself. Death and crosses. Row upon row. More on this next week!<br />
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<br />susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-2034046586880002482018-04-14T10:28:00.000+10:002018-04-14T10:28:40.673+10:0015/52 'deep connections' .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When thinking about the making of this book about connections I was thinking about threads and the Chinese thought that those who are destined to meet are connected by a red thread. For me though, I feel like deep connections are more like bundles - concepts with more substance and weight. </div>
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I think those bundles are filled with stories or our lives, those things that are most important to us or impact on us, a bundle full of emotions that are revealed over time, often just fragments of tales rather than the whole. A complex weighty mix that connects two people.</div>
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I am sure I could work with greater depth on this subject but once again, time has been short this week and so though a book is made an idea is created for exploration at a later date. Maybe.</div>
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This book reads in both directions - I drew it in one way, and then when I stuck the ends down into the fold back covers from the accordion below, I embossed my mark on the end page before realising that I had the work upside down. I actually like it both ways so have embossed my mark on both ends. Simple solution.</div>
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The soft creamy yellow is from the lighting and not part of my work but it reminds me very much of Rosemary Gascoyne's pallet and is inspiring me to intentionally introduce some of this soft yellow to my work.</div>
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This book was made in response to the few days we were camping at Elanda Point recently - the fringe of swamp gum and root twist on the water's edge.</div>
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I actually started with more realistic drawings around the insets but it didn't work and so I resorted to my 'mark making' which gives more a sense of things than the reality of what was in view. I do love to draw but my years of using mark making in my printmaking work has definitely had an impact on the way I like to work.</div>
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This book is made with Fabriano Tiepolo - a firm favourite of mine. The cover is greyboard with a cutout to reveal part of the front page. Five pages in all. The book was sewn before I stuck down the folios so the stitching is hidden inside the folds. A simple coptic binding completed the book.</div>
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Although I am pleased with the pages as a whole, I really love some of the printed details contrasted with the hand drawn marks. And the over printing in white ink is something I have not explored very much though will certainly try some more. It brings a wonderful subtlety to the work.</div>
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Where I am trying to head with my work is starting to take shape with this return to the studio which the <i>book a week project</i> has precipitated. There is rarely time to give each book much thought or time but now and then I have glimpses of return points ..... points for further investigation. These details show me that I would would love to take such a snippet and make it much larger without getting too detailed and overworking. </div>
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As I am needing to reinvent myself in the studio and work with less toxic medium, I am thinking more and more of drawings and maybe combinations of the realistic with the mark making. All quite exciting I think but I have not arrived there yet ..... and I do keep wondering if I will ever be able to let go of printmaking. Certainly it is something I would only be able to do here outside and not inside the studio. Still it is possible when the weather is gracious. Glad I didn't dispose of all my printmaking material.</div>
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<br />susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-21810874160231514042018-03-30T12:44:00.000+10:002018-03-30T12:44:18.234+10:0013/52 'stone stories' .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This wee book started as a 'book of small drawings' but before I knew it, I had done six or seven little conte drawings and a similar number with pen and ink rounded down as stones and as they all seemed to hang well together I adapted a few of the drawings and turned this into a book titled 'stone stories'. For many years I worked towards a body of imagery to do with 'the art of language' so it is not surprising to me that my doodles ended this way. Do stones speak ..... they do to me. As do trees. Of course not in any linguistic reality but I often think there is more than just a connection which can pass between us and the natural world, that somehow there is conversation of a sort.</div>
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The year is marching by - thirteen weeks already and now Easter is upon us ..... so soon after New Year. Or so it seems when we have such an early Easter. I hope you all enjoy your break and keep safe if travelling or camping.</div>
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<br />susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-38675485935102817182018-03-26T13:40:00.000+10:002018-03-26T13:40:57.559+10:0012/52 'dark landscape' .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
How wonderful to return to 'the dark side'! My books of late seem to have taken me much further into the light than I am used to with my work and it felt really good to take hold of some of my darker, more obscure work and turn it into my twelfth book for the year.</div>
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I am much happier with crows around the house than with the magpies </div>
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who dominated the house acreage. Crows seem happy to live with all the other birds</div>
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around them and the small birds</div>
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the magpies chased away</div>
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We have watched crows' nests being built and the young mimicking their parents.</div>
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This is a small book of etching, aquatint and chine colle worked into concertina format and folding back into a solid cover with a spine of black leather. I have worked quite a bit on the back of the paper as well and like the way I get glimpses of that work when I am looking through the book.</div>
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The dry point print I have used as some of my hills looks like birdsong music ...... may be a stretch of the imagination but I can see it!<br />
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I find it hard to believe eleven weeks of this year have passed already and I am still ticking away with the 52 book project. Already the discipline is having the desired affect - making me spend time in the studio, getting my creative juices flowing again providing inspiration for future work. What I am longing to do after working with all these small books, is some LARGE drawings. Large, bold, black ..... hmmmm. susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-36328927532611086942018-03-11T11:01:00.001+10:002018-03-11T11:02:00.710+10:00 10/ 52 'she wanted words' .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Michael Ondaatje, The English Patient</i></div>
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Michael Ondaatje has been one of my favourite writers for many years - you can read and re read his books as the language is so exquisite. Such a way with words - I am totally envious. As I am of many writers in fact.</div>
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With this project - 52 books this year, one a week - I do not have much time in-between to plot and plan but every now and then I find my stride with something and enjoy fiddling and thinking - making plans to return when time allows. One of the things I have been enjoying has been using some of my fathers old letraset as you will have seen in one of my earlier weekly books. I am also enjoying using words and not just imagery hoping people will sense all I am trying to way with my work. Words help in translation and add meaning, sometimes even guidance in appreciating a work. I think I have learnt this from my collaboration with <a href="https://paperponderings.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">Fiona Dempster</a> over the years.</div>
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This week I actually made two of these books - one, I posted on Instagram and it is my least favourite. This book has a couple more pages and less busy embossing and is far more gentle and quiet. </div>
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To complete this book I made it a cover out of a lovely grey Magnani paper - can't remember what it was called! The books slips in from the left side.<br />
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I love leather and enjoyed making this soft leather cover for my eighth book of the year. As I work through this project making a book each week I realise that I am making some complete artist's books, and some books which will have drawings in them but will be added into as the year, or years, pass by. This is one of those books. I have called it 'australian' because it will be comprised of a series of drawing from the Australian bush through which I wander many a time though rarely sit down long enough to draw. Hopefully this book will inspired me to sit and draw, or at least to 'collect' on walks and draw at home.</div>
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I have done a number of drawings already but have many blank pages. The soft wrap around leather cover will adapt to whatever thickness of book I settle upon. It is made from kangaroo skin and I have used the rough edges of the piece of leather to give interest to the cover.</div>
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This little book reminds me of how much I am a printmaker at heart. I am enthralled with the lines and marks one makes serendipitously on the plate. Of course the maker guides the marks but much of what happens seems to just happen. Of all the techniques I use with etching, my favourite would have to be using sugar lift and aquatint. With it, the finest and the most bold lines can be achieved.</div>
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I have made this book from left over etchings (part of my 'hunting and gathering' book) but remade like this, it called to mind beach markings and though it is not yet housing drawings made while beach walking, it soon will. Again it is lovely to have a book ready to go for that sojourn by the shore.</div>
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I have made a wrap around end on this coptically bound book and have two sleeves which slip on and hold the book firm. The book is called 'flotsam' as I will be drawing things found lying along the shore - beach debris, and beach marks no doubt!</div>
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Sometimes the photographs we take of the 'thing' we make are far more interesting than the actual book or object. That is the case here. I love some of the photographs but the little books was one made whilst away as a 'must do' rather than I wish to make a book about this or for this.</div>
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The small yellow etchings are cut down from an etching I printed for part of the series I worked on called 'the art of language'. I was experimenting with colour, which I very rarely do. The beautiful marbled paper was bought in New Zealand and I have been waiting to use it in some manner. The main reason I made this book was that I had just finished a large project designing and making a wedding album/artists' book and had sewn it with this single section coptic binding. It had been ages since I had sewn a book this way - especially using ten needles, and half the way through I realised that I was not going to have enough thread to finish the binding. Frustrating. For those who know this binding, you will remember that there is nowhere to add in any thread. Not so with this smaller version where I made absolutely sure I had enough thread and I was only using five needles with a small book so it was not nearly as complicated. </div>
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<br />susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-90785075468559689482018-02-11T17:42:00.002+10:002018-02-11T17:42:57.063+10:006/52 'snow on the mountains' .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the smallest of the books I have made thus far , only about 8 x 10cms. I have had a fairly busy week but as I have committed to making a book a week I am allowing myself latitude with complexity, or lack thereof, when I only have time to do something simple. So this little concertina book was born, made from a pen and ink drawing of mine from a few years back which has just been sitting around in one of my many 'desk piles'. You can see a few 'snow' marks here on the page above. I think I stopped at that page envisioning that I would do an overlay of snow fall though never did. One day I may include that in the book but I am already having to think about a book for next week!</div>
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Nothing precious about this little book other than I think it works quite neatly folded and only revealing snippets of the drawing at a time. That quintessential element we love about the book format where only a little is revealed with any one glimpse.</div>
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<br />susan bowershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05039648113517753032noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2524845044750483894.post-84416957043749803512018-02-05T12:55:00.000+10:002018-02-05T12:55:21.264+10:005/52 'hard to read' .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had fun with this book - my fifth for the year. It is a very simple concertina book where I have sewn into the valleys on both sides. What makes it special for me is that I am using the letraset which my father had used when he practised architecture. Long before the time of computers. Many pages in the bundle I have are stuck together, many of the letters have been used and only their rubout marks are left on the papers - all this making it '<i>hard to read</i>'.</div>
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Here you can see more easily how I have sewn into the valleys. I particularly like the few pages I found with the large block script though not much of it was in the bundle. It adds weight to the design of the book I think.</div>
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Where I joined papers to give myself a longer concertina, I have used some of the letraset as a spine.</div>
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Sometimes I think the simplest books can be the most interesting. I am not making a cover for this though I will make a perspex slip case for it at some stage.</div>
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This book was made from drawings I had done whilst staying at Moeraki in New Zealand with fellow artist Steph McLennan. What a trip we had - 8 or 9 days visiting the boulders at various times of day and tide, hundreds of photographs taken, work done en plain air which was fun as a number of people came up to see what we were doing and look at our work. One lady, an author visiting from America asked if she could buy the sketch I was working on! I ended up giving her the sketch and just asking that she 'pay it forward' in some way. She wrote back a couple of times and said she had had it framed and continued to love the drawing. How lovely was that.</div>
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I know I have blogged once or twice about the Moeraki Boulders so will not ramble on about them much more other than to say that my drawings do not do them justice. These drawings were purposely matched with the rusted paper as it was so strongly suggestive of the concretions at Moeraki. Their underlay to my drawings on film suits my purpose here. </div>
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In reality the boulders are dark and majestic and mysterious, and not like these drawings at all though the shapes are there and the passage of water around the boulders as the tide came in.<br />
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I could draw for a year at Moeraki, quite happily watching the different light and moods of the day affect the boulders. There are many details to get lost in as well which are not shown here at all. I believe that as time passes the shore line is eroding and more of these concretions/boulders are appearing. Must mean I have to go back at some point ....</div>
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The book is about 40 cms in width and reads horizontally (making it very difficult to open and photograph. I laminated two thicknesses of grey board for both covers which meant that on the front I could cut a window and insert this image. It was great fun juggling ten needles to sew the book. The photo above looks as though I have cleverly created an image of a boulder on the spine - though this is just a serendipitious shadow.</div>
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