Found in the latest New Yorker.
Category: Bookmaking
As Seen on Mad Men
Several years ago I sold a couple of my prints to the set designers at Mad Men. They don’t tell you if the artwork is ever used, or where. Then the other day someone sent me this picture of Peggy Olson’s apartment, with my print in the background on the right! See the print here
Process: Susan Collard
Erin Fletcher has a nice blog post about how Susan Collard made her book A Short Course in Recollection. The book’s interior pages are an inch thick, to allow for a series of ramps and switchbacks for steel marbles to course down. Below is the finished book and another showing the book in progress. Much more here.
Noela Mills’ Waxed Fabric Book
Australian book artist Noela Mills makes fabric books with wonderful spines. This one is called “Waxed book” and made from recycled kimono silks (and wax). See her artist’s books here.
Altered Books: The Browsing Copy
The Browsing Copy is a project to re-imagine worn rejected (really unsold) books. Artists from around the world have participated in three rounds or series. Some of them are more or less successful in playing off the theme of the books they are given. This one by a group in Singapore called FARM, from Series 03, was one of the fruitful collaborations. There’s lots more to look at on their website.
Lynne Avadenka’s Accordion Book
Book artist Lynne Avadenka’s homage to Mary Colter, an American architect who worked in the southwest in the early part of the 20th century, uses a nice adaptation of the accordion fold book. It’s called “The Uncommon Perspective of M.E.J. Colter.” Maybe I’m inclined to be partial to this book, as Colter retired to Santa Fe, and many of the homes and hotels here in town look much like Avadenka’s book. The book was made in 1986, edition of 100, 11 x 30 inches when opened. See more of Avadenka’s work on her website.
