Artist Books

 

Artist Books are a passion of mine - where I can communicate through words and through pictures.

These are just some of the books I have created ... and yes, they do all classify as "artist books", even though some are not the traditional book structure!

Alphabet Box-Book

Materials: papers, gouache, acrylic ink, mat board, box

Technique: cut-paper lettering design, calligraphy, paper collage

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Reconciliation – The Interwoven Vision (Breaking down the Barriers – Celebrating the Differences)

Materials: inks, boards, assorted papers, threads, fabrics

Technique: calligraphy, weaving, paper collage, concertina book construction

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Japanese Garden Reveries

Materials: photographs, printing ink, card, metallic thread

Technique: calligraphy, photography, stab binding

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Nature in Focus

Materials: found objects (plant and animal), slide mounts, paper, chiffon 

Technique: tea dyeing, assemblage, coptic stitching

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The Alphabet - Foundation of Literature

Materials: inks, pencils, watercolour paper

Technique: calligraphy, slotted book construction

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View to Creativity

Materials: ink, natural fibre paper(banana) 

Technique: papermaking, paper collage, calligraphy, concertina tunnel book construction

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REDcliffe remembeRED

Materials: ground bauxite rock, acrylic paint, paper, thread, phial

Technique: calligraphy, stab binding

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Flowers of Friendship

Materials: papers, card, photographs, board, thread

Technique: calligraphy, photography, stab binding

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Revealing the Secrets of the Natural World

Materials: lettering, natural fibre papers (banana; papyrus)

Technique: papermaking, calligraphy, concertina tunnel book construction

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Seasons

 

Materials: card, acrylic inks, metallic yarn, beads

Technique: calligraphy, painting, book assemblage

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The Brisbane River – Pockets of Memory

Materials: copy of published book “The Brisbane River “, paper, printing ink

Technique: paper collage, lettering, photography, digital art, text layout, pamphlet stitching, concertina book construction

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Scroll & Codex

Materials: paper, printing ink, card, leather, button

Technique: paper collage, text layout, pamphlet stitching, book assemblage

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Rainbow Serpent

Materials: acrylic inks, Canson card; natural fibre papers

Technique: papermaking, calligraphy, stamping, paper cutting

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Quintessential Queensland

Materials: printing ink, card, thread

Technique: calligraphy, photography, figure 8 tying, box making 

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Progression

Materials: gouache paint,, acrylic paint, inks, Canson card, mixed media

Technique: papermaking, paper collage, calligraphy, painting, figure 8 tying, book construction

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Number Patterns

Materials: printing ink, paper, card

Technique: cut-paper lettering design, digital art, concertina book construction

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My Days are Numbered

Materials: printing ink, paper, thread

Technique: digital art, text layout, pamphlet stitching

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The Medium is the Message

Materials: printing ink, card, paper,

Technique: paper collage, calligraphy, text layout, concertina book construction

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Nature’s Patchwork

Materials: printing ink, card, thread

Technique: calligraphy, stamping, figure 8 tying, box making 

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Love – beyond words

Materials: paper, card, Japanese paper, ribbon

Technique: calligraphy, paper folding, glued book construction

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Little Women - You can’t judge a Book by its Cover

Materials: 1970’s copy of published book “Little Women”, dolls, paper

Technique: cutting, hand-lettering

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Biodiversities

Materials: ink, natural fibre papers (made by artist) 

Technique: papermaking, drawing, lettering, pamphlet stitching

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Cloudscapes

Materials: printing, acrylic inks, card, various threads

Technique: photography, calligraphy, stab binding, 

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Colour Book

Materials: printing ink, paper, threads, card

Technique: digital art, text layout, pamphlet stitching, concertina book construction

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The Search for the Impossible: GOLD

Materials: printing ink, paper, metallic card

Technique: calligraphy, text layout, book assemblage

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The Importance of Trees

Materials: Japanese Unryushi paper, natural fibre papers

Technique: papermaking, cut paper lettering design, calligraphy, collage 

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Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act,

no part of any image may be reproduced by any process without written permission of the artist.

 

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