This collection of images is a digital “book” that takes advantage of the internet and social networking sites to distribute the content across new media platforms. Imagine this piece as if it were an electronic set of playing cards accessible to anyone with an internet connection. Each card is a self portrait of the artist. [...]
“Saving Yourself: Steps to Preserving the Chastity of Adolescent Girls” is a collection of photographic essays. The interior pages leave black smudge marks on the hands of the reader, causing them to dirty themselves simply through the act of reading. Just as the true nature of the photographs are revealed, the participants in this dialog [...]
Handmade artist book filled with Croatian recipes, such as “war cake”. The condition and staining chronicles the turbulent and mysterious journey this cookbook has undergone. Diary-like entries and handwritten notes shed light on the life of the owner. Read more about the process of creating this book on my previous post: Bookbinding Inspiration. Nagy Family [...]
A couple of months ago, I woke up from a dream in the middle of the night with an idea in my head… a fully formed, highly detailed, visual image of two artists books. The images were so strong, I felt like the books already existed and it was merely my job to help them [...]
Book of Nails. © 2003 Daniel Essig. Right now I’m in love with the artists books by Daniel Essig. His work is amazing. Today I’m taking it easy and brushing up on my bookbinding technique… so that I can purposefully mis-bind a book while still allowing it to be stable and functional. We’ll just see [...]
