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Founded by Lilla Duignan, artists’ books club is for students based at Bower Ashton
ABC coordinators for the academic year 2021-2022 are Jo Barnfield and Rae Holden, with admin support by Sarah Bodman:
October 2021
Printed Poetry week at UWE and Arnolfini, organised by Angie Butler (physical and online), 11th – 14th October.
November 2021
Denise Kwan – artist’s talk Thursday 18th November 12.30-1.30pm in the Print Publishing Space, OC2
December 2021
Carl Middleton artist’s talk (online)
January 2022
Square mini book, multi pocket workshop with Gen Harrison
February 2022
Matthew Robertson artist’s talk (online) TBC
March 2022
al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here – in the Print Publishing Space, OC2, Thursday 3rd March, 11am-2pm. Special guests include Ama Bolton, Catherine Cartwright and Andrew Morrison. There will be readings, print activity, displays of books and broadsides.
April 2022
Show and tell of artists’ books made by ABC members
May 2022
Rachel Marsh (Semple Press) artist’s talk
ABC coordinators for the academic year 2020-2021 are Jo Barnfield and Sarah Bradicich:
Thursday 22nd October 2020
Welcome meeting show and tell, talk about Word Binding and upcoming events
Thursday 19th November 2020
Paper marbling demonstration from Sarah Bradicich’s studio
Thursday 10th December 2020
Artist’s talk – Anwyl Cooper-Willis and Bernard Fairhurst
Thursday 21st January 2021
Zoom workshop: coptic stitch + soft cover dust jacket (limited material packets, sign-ups will be available)
Thursday 18th February 2021
Zoom workshop: flag fold (limited material packets, sign ups will be available)
Thursday 25th March 2021
Artist’s talk – Linda Parr
Thursday 15th April 2021
Zoom workshop: blizzard books (limited material packets, sign ups will be available)
Thursday 20th May 2021
Artist’s talk
ABC coordinators for the academic year 2019-2020 are Csilla Biro, Sarah Bradicich and Gin Saunders:
Csilla works on serial artists’ publications with a focus on conceptual art and image-text relationships. Sarah works with screen printing, relief and book arts to explore intersections within consumerism and oversaturated media. Gin is a multi-disciplinary maker, collaborator and visual storyteller.
Thursday 17th October 2019
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
Introduction to ABC, come along, pay your membership for the year (£5). We will also have a butterfly fold demo.
Thursday 31st October 2019
12:00 – 13:00 Library special collections area
Talk by visiting poet / artist Leonard McDermid – artists’ books, show and tell and reading, a public event, open to all. Note 12 midday start time.
Thursday 14th November 2019
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
ALL THESE BOOKS ARE A LOAD OF RUBBISH: A speed book build session in the library to create a collection of small books made from rubbish and found resources.
Also today, an artist’s book related experiment in the evening at Arnolfini bookshop, 6.30pm all welcome.
Thursday 12th December 2019
10:00 – 15:00 Room 2B6
Rubber Stamp Archive zine making day with artist Stephen Fowler, drop in,10.00-3.00, Room 2B6.
Thursday 16th January 2020
12:30 – 13:300 Meet in Library special collections area
An introduction to special collections with Steve Norton, followed by a show and tell of ABC’s exquisite corpse books introduced by Alyn Smith.
Thursday 20th February 2020
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
John Coe of Pressing Matters magazine, visiting speaker.
Thursday 19th March 2020
12:30 – 14:30 Room OC43 (textiles)
Sarah Bradicich leads a Paper Marbling workshop, drop in from 12.30, ends at 2.30.
Thursday 2nd April 2020
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
Susannah Sendall leads a Flag Book making workshop.
Thursday 14th May 2020
12:30 – 13:30 Canteen open study area
Last ABC meeting of the year, to include a mini book fair! Bring along your own books to show /sell or showcase your collection of books, or both!
ABC coordinators for the academic year 2018-2019 are Csilla Biro and Alyn Smith:
Csilla works on serial artists’ publications with a focus on conceptual art and image-text relationships.
Alyn is a relief printmaker who has an interest in making artists’ books that have a playful nature using letterpress and lino printmaking techniques.
Meetings are held in the library or Portakabin 1, see below for the schedule.
Timetable of meetings 2018-2019
Thursday 18th October 2018
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
Introduction to ABC and some simple non-adhesive book binding techniques.
Thursday 1st November 2018
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
Talk by Frans Baake, book artist, printmaker – a show and tell with works from his exhibition in the library.
Thursday 13th December 2018
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
Open discussion around this year’s theme of low budget/low tech books. This will be a chance to bring along your work or ideas as well as looking at examples.
Thursday 17th January 2019
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
Introduction to the special collections in the library with Steve Norton.
Thursday 14th February 2019
12:30 – 13:30 Portakabin 1
Demonstration of Crown Binding with artist’s book maker / illustrator Corinne Welch.
Thursday 14th March 2019
12:30 – 13:30 Library study area
Demonstration of Japanese book binding.
Thursday 11th April 2019
12:30 – 13:30 Portakabin 1
Talk about resistance books and a chance to have a go at using simple printmaking techniques.
Thursday 9th May 2019
12:30 – 13:30 Portakabin 1
Last ABC meeting of the year, Show and Tell, bring along the books you have been working on.
ABC coordinators for the academic year 2017-2018 are Cathey Webb and Gen Harrison:
Cathey has a keen interest in artists’ books and makes small editions using a variety of printmaking techniques. http://catheywebb.weebly.com.
Gen seeks to be a purveyor of inky joy whose interest in Artists’ Books comes from an interest in the context, conveyance and containment (or not) of words. https://typochondriacs.wordpress.com.
Over the course of this year we hope to inspire you to make artists books by showing some easy book-making techniques, exploring collections of artists’ books and hearing about the work of other book artists. Our overall project for the year is based on the theme FOUND. We hope you will join in by making a book on the theme to show in the Library’s artist’s book display cases.
Some of the meetings this year will be held in the library, or another location, so check here if you are unsure where to meet.
Timetable of meetings
Thursday 26th October 2017
12:30 – 13:30 Library
Intro to ABC 2017-18, making simple folded books and exploring UWE Artists Book Collection
Thursday 2nd November 2017
12:30 – 13:30 Portakabin 1
Talk by Theresa Easton, book artist, printer, and founder member of Artists Union England
Thursday 23rd November 2017
Kate Holland from the Designer Bookbinders will be doing demos in the library today – edge decoration in the morning and inlays and onlays in the afternoon, open to all.
11am-1pm and 2pm-4pm.
Thursday 7th December 2017
12:30 – 13:30 Portakabin 1
Making Pop-up-books / cards
Thursday 25th January 2018
12:30 – 13:30 Library
Micro-workshop FOUND poetry with Jeremy Dixon of Hazard Press.
Thursday 15th February 2018
12:30 – 13:30 Library
Making needle thread pockets and pamphlet books, FOUND project and other updates.
Thursday 15th March 2018
13:00 – 14:00 Portakabin 1
View and discuss a sample of books from Arnolfini’s artist’s book collection.
Thursday 12th April 2018
12:30 – 13:30 Library
Show & Tell ABC Members – bring your books, FOUND project progress.
Thursday 10th May 2018
12:30 – 13:30 Room 1B4
Your chance to explore, combine techniques, play and make session. FOUND project – bring your books.
Leonie Bradley
Leonie Bradley is an artist, filmmaker and member of the Society of Wood Engravers.
http://www.leoniebradley.com
Catherine Cartwright
Catherine Cartwright is a multi-disciplinary artist, working primarily with printmaking, drawing and film.
http://catherinecartwright.co.uk
Miranda Harris
Artist / poet / printmaker.
https://twitter.com/mir_harr
ABC Meetings for academic year 2016-2017 in Portakabin 1
20th October – 12.30 – 1.30 – Intro & PRACTICAL Butterfly fold
17th November – 12.30 – 1.30 – TALK – Sarah Bodman
8th December – 12.30 – 1.30 – PRACTICAL – Slot & tab
26th January – 12.30 – 1.30 – TALK – Angie Butler
23rd February – 12.30 – 1.30 – TALK – Lilla Duignan
23rd March – 12.30 – 1.30 – PREPARATION – BABE
1st-2nd April – >12.30 – 1.30 – BABE at Arnolfini
18th May – 12.30 – 1.30 – PRACTICAL – Simple binding
ABC in 2015/16 report
It was a busy year for The ABC at UWE, with members’ books on show at venues around the UK, including Turn the Page in Norwich, the Artist’s Book Fair at the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh and the Library Exhibition here at Bower Ashton. Some members attended the Livres de Artistes conference at Cardiff University in December and we also had opportunity to take part in a group project (the Cracker book Project, organised by Corrine Welch).
>Our monthly meetings were very well attended not only by printmaking students but also by students from several other creative disciplines at UWE. As well as practical sessions, and discussions about work in progress, we have had talks by artists from other book clubs and book arts students from Spike Print. J. Hewit & Sons Ltd. the bookbinding suppliers came to one meeting tempting us with their goodies (and giving practical advice) and we spent our last session having great fun with hired badge makers. The ABC membership has continued to grow.
ABC coordinators 2015-2016
Kate Bernstein
Kate is a book artist and binder. Her contemporary work is inspired by historical sources.
www.katebernsteinbookartist.co.uk
Kate Williamson
Kate is a sculptor and printmaker. Like all her work, her artists’ books are often playful, sometimes sinister, always intriguing.
www.katewilliamson.co.uk
Book fair, Sunday 19 October 2014: ABC with Impact Press at Counter artist’s book fair, Plymouth Arts Centre. We have a stand for Impact Press at Counter Plymouth on 19th October. ABC members are welcome to submit books, please deliver with a price list to Sarah in OC4 before 16th October.
Lecture, Roni Gross, Thursday 23 October 2014: ABC’s first in-house event of the semester is a talk on Thursday 23rd October by visiting artist Roni Gross, with a hands-on show and tell of They Cast No Shadows, 25 years of Hallowe’en works published by Roni Gross under the imprint Zitouna Press.
Thursday 27 November 2014, 1pm-2pm Portakabin 1
Planning for events and exhibitions in 2015
Thursday 15 January 2015, 1pm-2pm Portakabin 1
Open meeting / show and tell
Thursday 19 March 2015, 1pm-2pm Portakabin 1
Open meeting / show and tell
Thursday 21 May 2015, 1pm-2pm Portakabin 1
Student and alumni end of year meeting
Helen comes to book arts from an eclectic background of textiles and stitch, paper construction and mainly relief printmaking. She creates book forms which are playful, puzzling and tactile, which may or may not include written and letter forms. Before discovering art, her work was in public policy and women’s history.
Bernard has worked with book arts, photography, video, and more recently print. With a wide range of academic qualifications in science, psychology and fine art, he works with assemblages of images working to elicit engagement with the visual world.
Our programme this year revolves around three themes. During Autumn 2013 we aim to inspire and engage you to explore book arts, and together we will create a series of folded books for What’s In The Box? From January to March the focus will be on making folded books. The summer months will see us working towards our first ever Summer Exhibition during Degree Show week in early June 2014.
Details of meeting on 2nd February 2012, announcement of ABC Facebook group. The Artists Books Club is being extended and supported this year by the Bind and Unwind bookbinding circle run by Alice Drake and will run every 2nd 3rd and 4th Thursday of the month. We are preparing for the abc stand at Bristol Artists’ Books Event (BABE) over the weekend of April 30 and May 1. ABC meeting Thursday 12th May 2011: guest speaker: Bronwen Bradshaw. The meeting is in conjunction with celebrating artists’ books club’s second birthday. The end of year (2010) ABC trip included both a visit to Book Arts Bookshop, where Angie Butler’s London launch of her Miss Carol Project took place, and to Small Publisher’s Fair, where Sally Alatalo’s Sara Ranchouse Publishing featured in the Events Programme. February 2011 BABE book fair stand – the directors lead a presentation and discussion of the abc information pack. November 12th – A trip to The Small Publisher’s Fair, London: plus a visit to The Book Arts Bookshop, to see Angie Butler’s Miss Carol Project / browse the shop. December 16th and January 2011 – Open forum, facilitated by ABC members BABE discussion and organisation (Jan) Information regarding the forthcoming Doverodde Book Arts Fair, Denmark ABC Summer 2010 – Angie Butler and Natalie McGrorty’s trip to Doverodde featured: A round up of news and events from abc’s first year and a look forward to the Doverodde Book Arts Festival in Denmark that Angie Butler and Natalie McGrorty will be attending and running the abc stand – work will feature (and hopefully be sold!) from UWE Staff and MA Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking students (who are ABC members) and ‘friends’ who are showing include MA Printmaking Staff and Students from The University of Wales. January-March 2010 featured: Net info – to stay connected. December 2009 featured: Guidelines to Critical Discourse :The context: an environment where we each feel psychologically and physically comfortable, with an atmosphere of trust and openness. Also, Collaboration: two heads are better than one – or are they? some "questions of collaboration" you could ask… Spike Artist Book and Zine Fair 31st October 2009 At Halloween abc and friends made their debut appearance at Spike Island. It was made possible by the 21 people who contributed their work for showing on the day. We had a fantastic and eclectic range of work including multiples, zines, bookworks, badges, reconfigured books, and postcards, which all looked great together and made for a really successful day with something to interest everyone. 8th October 2009 – abc held OShO (official shelf opening) to celebrate a feast of source materials housed on a shelf – catalogues, artists’ books, newsletters and other related archival material to facilitate research, reflection and historical contextualization of book arts practice …New Year Beginning 2012
ABC Autumn update and Winter prospective
Spring 2011
ABC year beginning 2011
ABC Autumn 2010