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We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of Tom Trusky, our wonderful friend and hard working referee for The Blue Notebook in November 2009. Tom was an amazing, gifted, enquiring, generous and highly knowledgeable man, and we will miss him and his wonderful wisdom very much.
His work never stopped, he was so passionate about teaching his students at Boise State University, Idaho to experiment with artists’ books, promoting the works of the outsider artist James Castle through his research, books and exhibitions, or chronicling the life of silent film star Nell Shipman. He was intensely involved in the field of Book Arts as a fantastic and energetic contributor, and will be missed so much by all who knew him.
We are honoured to have been able to work with him, and have dedicated the two large artists’ books exhibition cases in Bower Ashton library the Tom Trusky Memorial Artists’ Books Exhibition Cases in his memory.
To Have and to Hold 2
We will be showing some of our artists’ books under our Impact Press imprint at To Have and to Hold 2, Chapel Row Gallery, Chapel Row, just off Queen's Square, Bath, England from 13 February to 2 March 2010.
This is an exhibition of books and prints by Fine Press Book Association members at Chapel Row Gallery including, twelve presses, a calligrapher, and an artist. The gallery is open Monday - Friday 10am - 5pm; Saturday 11am - 4pm.
| Follow-ed by Tom Sowden Tom’s article for The Bonefolder was published in the Fall Issue, Volume 6 Number 1. His essay discusses why he makes books influenced by Ed Ruscha and how his plans to co-curate a show of works in this style are developing. He is working towards the launch of the exhibition in collaboration with Linda Newington, to be held Winchester School of Art in January 2011. You can access the journal online at: /www.philobiblon.com/bonefolder/vol6no1contents.htm |
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| Tom Sowden Website Tom Sowden has a new website of his work at: www.tomsowden.com with photography, books and videos. Tom says: 'I am an artist who works across a number of disciplines and who (nearly) always references the work of Ed Ruscha. At some point in the future this will stop, but for now I’m still enjoying myself. If you would like more information on my work or to buy anything, please contact me using the email address in the contact section of this website. Shortly many of my books will be available on lulu.com. Please come back soon to get the link. I would also love to hear from you if you also make work, and particularly artists’ books, in the style of Ed Ruscha.' |
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| Notes & Letters Received
Yes, e-mail is efficient and quick, but sometimes it just cannot beat the pleasure of letters and notes on paper. These are some of the things that arrive in the post or appear on our desks at work... Follow the permanent link on the top right of this page to visit this section, and check back regularly for updates! |
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The next surgery at UWE Bristol, School of Creative Arts is Wednesday 27th January 2010.
We have 6 half-hour surgery slots available between 11:00 and 16:00.
You can book a free slot to discuss any aspect of your artists’ books, concepts, production or marketing with Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden at UWE Bristol, School of Creative Arts.
You can contact us at:
Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk / Tom.Sowden@uwe.ac.uk
Or call us on 0117 3284915 to book your place.
Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides
Many thanks to all the printers who contributed broadsides for this project in time for the November deadline. The total of 130 printers was reached for this project organised by the al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition which has been arranging readings and other events since April 2007 to fundraise for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
You can see some of the broadside contributions we received to send on, on our exhibitions pages.
For any details on the project please contact Beau Beausoleil - Founder of the al-Mutanabbi Street Coalition at: overlandbooks@earthlink.net
The first set broadsides can be viewed at the Florida Atlantic University/Jaffe Center for Book Arts site, where all the broadsides will be added to the online gallery:
www.library.fau.edu./depts/spc/JaffeCenter/jaffemutanabbistreetstartshere.htm
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comeback! Regenerator II will launch in February 2010. 82 artists took part in the first Regenerator in 2007, selecting a withdrawn library book from the list and returning it after they had created a new piece of work with it. Regenerator II will now follow in the footsteps of Long Overdue, a collaboration between Maine College of Art and the Portland Public Library. Our students have asked to have examples of altered/reconfigured books in the library here at Bower Ashton, so we have selected 50 books from the library’s discards, and from our haul from the closure of Book Barn in Bristol last year. We are asking artists in house to choose a book from the list, make a new reconfigured/altered book from it and bring it back to the library. The books will go into the Special collection for students to handle, study and be inspired by, where they will remain on permanent display. |
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Guy Begbie will be demonstrating with some examples of his reconfigured books in the Special Collections room on Friday 5th February 2010, from 10.30-11.30 and 13.30 -14.30. There will be examples of altered books on show, with handouts for info and the boxes of books to choose from.
If you would like to join the project regardless of not getting the book back, please email: Sarah.Bodman@uwe.ac.uk for a sneak preview copy of the booklist, and a copy of the info sheet of websites with examples to view. The deadline for receipt of the book works will be Friday 16th July 2010. We will document all of the books for an online gallery and they will be on permanent display in the Special Collections room from September 2010.
Any questions just ask Sarah - email as above.
| Artist’s Book
Yearbook : 2010-2011 The new Artist’s Book Yearbook 2010-2011 is now available. As well as essays and artists’ pages, the Artist’s Book Yearbook 2010-2011 includes information and listings sections of: book artists, organisations, collections, book fairs, centres, bookshops, fairs, events, bookbinders, typeset and design services, print studios, courses and more… The Artist’s Book Yearbook : 2010-2011 is available to order on the bookarts website publications page. The Blue Notebook Volume 4 No 1 The October 2009 issue is now available and includes: Essays by: Reading in Instalments: Book Art Meets Installation, by Elysa Voshell; PROJECT ‘(IN)VISIBLE’ Investigating forms of presentation of the Artist’ Book, by Frans Baake; Personal Matters: Memories, Photography and the Book, by Kyoko Tachibana; Tongue and Groove - 25 Years of Liver and Lights, by Chloë King; Silent Reading - Typography & Sign language, by Nancy Campbell; Using Heidegger’s ideas on the nature of time and relating them to Keith Smith’s Book 91, investigating the book as a form of living art/live experience, by Sarah Clark; Blurring the Library, by Tate Shaw. Artists’ pages by: Scott McCarney, Lilla Duignan, Giulia Resteghini, Dmitry Sayenko and Alice Potter. Many thanks to Stephen Fowler for the fabulous cover, badge and sticker designs for this volume! For subscription forms, please see our publications pages. |
 
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