Each year noted UK book artist Sara Bodman and fellow book artists collaborate "on a tribute event for World Book Night." This year the starting point for the tribute was A Small, Good Thing a story from Raymond Carver's seminal 1983 collection of short stories Cathedral. The book was also the basis for Robert Altman's 1993 film Short Cuts. An open call was placed inviting people to partake in a small good thing, write it down and send it in. From there it went like this: "On World Book Night we made a low-fi, video in a very homemade style of the original...
Banksy of the Book Art World
Book art piece found at the National Library of Scotland Is there a Banksy-style book artist roaming the streets of Scotland? Last month, the book art piece above was found at the National Library of Scotland. It was the fourth piece found since March in a book-friendly location in Scotland. All references are devised from the work of Scottish mystery writer Ian Rankin and include a note professing some book love. First it was the Scottish Poetry Library where a 'poetree' was discovered on a bookshelf. The 'poetree,' comprised of intricately cut pages, had a note attached referencing...
Waldo Hunt and Pop-Up Books: A Brief Overview
Meggendorfer, Lothar. Travels of Little Lord Thumb and His Man Damian. London: H. Grevel, n.d. [1890s]. The pop-up or moveable book has come a long way since the groundbreaking work of Lothar Meggendorfer (1847-1925), the gifted Munich-based illustrator who brought visual sophistication, innovative paper engineering with complex mechanics, and humor to movable books. The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer: A Movable Toy Book. New York: Random House , 1985. After Meggendorfer, the form declined amongst artists and faded from the general public’s consciousness. The skills were at risk of becoming lost. Much, if not most, of the credit for the revival...
Pop-Up Books Meet Photoshop
Last week the folks at Something Awful invited their forum members "to make some fancy new pop-up books based on a variety of topics, from video games and movies to art and being a jerk." Link to the 7 page gallery
Délires de livres: A Delirious Book Arts Exhibtion
It is produced by Am Arts and happens every two years. This year it was held in June in one of the medieval halls at the College of St. Andrew in Chartres, France. The exhibit featured 250 works from over 100 book artists. Over 3000 people attended.Here is a 5 minute video of the exhibit taken by book artist Pascal BaudThe Book Arts are thriving!Here is a slideshow featuring a selection of exhibited worksList of exhibitors (pardon the poor translation, it is machine-made)Photos via DesbThanks to Lee Kottner for the lead