For my latest project I have been making mini concertina books using the theme of light and movement. I came across an artist called Sarah Morpeth,(
http://www.sarahmorpeth.com/) who creates delicate books. I really liked this way of working and wanted to create my own style of books.
I made 4 books, each different. All the books had the same cover, blue mountboard with brown cord and a button sewn on for the fastening.
This first book is 6cmx6cm. I took photographs using slow shutterspeed to capture the movement of light. Using glow sticks and torches I created the letters and the patterns at each end.
This book is 8cmx8cm. I got my insperation for this book from Su Blackwell, a paper artist that creates stunning sculptures using books. (
http://www.sublackwell.co.uk/) She has even had her work used in Harvey Nicols, uk stores as their window displays.
I covered the book in pages from a book, I attached shapes to wire which, to show movement, spin around.
This book is 10cmx10cm. In my project book I had experimented with using thread and images from magazines and books to show movement. To make this my own image, I took a picture of my sister and threaded the movement of her hair. This carried on over the other 4 pages, and spelt out the word movement and trailing off at the end.
My final book is another 8cmx8cm. I used pastel colours to make the figures stand out from the background. Using acrylic paint I used the style of Jackson Pollock. The back of the book is also in this style but I used primary colours.
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