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Lady Stuff: a round box inside an altered cigarillo box, housing two little books. The books are full of lady essentials from a 1902 Sears Catalog. Day 102 of #the100dayproject.
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Architectural Digest: a book made with Parisien map bits, tags and buildings cut out of dictionaries and encyclopedias. Even though #the100dayproject is over I’m going to see how long I can continue to make a book, or art made with book parts, every day. I’m developing a flat butt from sitting down at my work table in my studio, though.
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A single line drawing begins on the front cover and spans all 358 pages of this incredible book, “Detour,” produced by Jan Voss in 1989. We love how the fore edge on this double-leaf binding adapts to the images on each page! #linedrawing #conceptualart #westgermany #janvoss #limitededition #artistsbooks #specialcollections #metlibrary #foreedge #foreedgefriday
Leaf Intermarriage: real leaves have exchanged vows with vintage papers.
Today is day 100 of #the100dayproject! Yeah! Thanks for being part of this fun journey with me. I will continue to share my artist books and art made with book parts, so stay tuned!
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Book of the week 2/3
Kicki Lundgren / Floating
The Swedish photographer Kicki Lundgren brings together in her book "Floating" a series of pictures that show bathers on the coasts of Turkey and Croatia.
Most of the black-and-white images are very minimalistic in composition, showing a range of bathing activities, from light water contact, to funny splashes, to meditative-looking levitation. In this way, Lundgren declines the human body language in the water by combining image types such as portraits, details, and landscape-like scenes, always focussing on the swimmers.
The mostly older people in her pictures convey an impression of unusual serenity and tranquility, reminiscent of the simplicity of the joy of swimming in nature - and inevitably of carelessness, freedom and childhood.
The series could have been more consistent – some of the images are a bit off the straight compository frame – but it‘s still an impressive sequence that gains a metaphorical insight by focussing on a simple action that at first glance almost looks banal.
The beautiful design by Gösta Flemming makes it a truly special book - showing the importance and influence of a good layout.
Conclusion: a really nice book, which refers to the simple beauties of life and convinces not least by its amazing design.
Book Information:
Kicki Lundgren /Floating
Published by Journal, 2016
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Woodland Creatures: a collection of North American animals from a 1902 book. Sweet little drawings at the end of each chapter. I used coin collecting frames to frame each drawing.
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A tunnel of heads! A collection of 18th and 19th century writers peek out from this expanding/contracting book. Side ribbons allow you to tie it “closed”. This book is available for sale on my website. There’s a link in my bio, which sometimes doesn’t work, so type my site into your browser if it doesn’t: www.found-object-art.com.
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A Walk in the Park. I made this tunnel book with illustrations from a book printed in 1885—very fine images.
Day 67 of #the100dayproject
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