2/24/11- Book Artists

Brian Dettmer-
I blew his picture up because I wanted you to see the detail done here in his book. Look at the depth he creates by digging down into the pages. I'm not sure if he wanted you to take the words that he had left on the surface for a value, but I did for everything is intentional in my eyes. Quite a few of the words left over contain a verb, making them do something, or they describe something- Shallow, deep, open. I want to be able to make something this beautiful... but I fear I may need more practice.

 

John Clark-
Altering a book by carving it is enough of a feat in itself, but when you can completely change the story by drawing a gorgeous picture across the pages, then being a book artist takes a new form. John Clark describes himself as a portrait artist. I'm really impressed that he drew this with a sharpie. I can never get my sharpie to cover that well without leaving lines from where I drew on the page. I think the drawing would be easy if you were just overlaying it like he does, it is the sharpie layering that really impresses me--- ha ha, just kidding. I think the picture is pretty neat too.

 

I don't have a picture of the next artist that I am writing about's art. She sews her books together with a needle and thread and uses a press machine from the old days to make her books. If you run your finger over the pages of her books, you can feel the indent from the metal letters having been pressed against the papers. I think this is a really cool thing that she does because it is so hard to do. I really would like to try it, but I can barely stand to touch paper.