Books as Art

I do like books – to hold, to thumb through, pick up and put down, to read at leisure, to play with.
Here are a few of the books I’ve made, including flick books to do with growth, form and natural law, which is of great interest to me, and playing with shapes, formations and typography.

 

IMG0508Book with driftwood cover, coptic bound
driftwood-insideInside cover and first page of Driftwood Book
Driftwood-book-inside-spreadDriftwood book - inside spread, pages torn to fit shape
Driftwood book back cover, coptic boundDriftwood book back cover, coptic bound
Ammonite flick book with Japanese stab binding, cover paper pasted over string spiralAmmonite flick book with Japanese stab binding, cover paper pasted over string spiral
Ammonite-book-p1Ammonite flick book, page 1 - digitally printed ammonite growing in sections
Ammonite flick book page 33 – almost fully formedAmmonite flick book page 33 – almost fully formed
HAHAHOHO Concertina book foldedHAHAHOHO Concertina book folded
HAHAHOHO inside – symmetrical letters cut and opened on the fold, top & bottom in different directionsHAHAHOHO inside – symmetrical letters cut and opened on the fold, top & bottom in different directions
HAHAHOHO – symmetrical letters cut and opened on the fold, seen from the backHAHAHOHO – symmetrical letters cut and opened on the fold, seen from the back