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Anita Singh, Canada
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Anita Singh, St. John's, NL Canada, April 2013 As a visual artist, book artist, papermaker, printmaker and lover of books, I am grateful for this opportunity to create book arts that reflect my desire to preserve and protect books as I know them. Learning about the destruction of this core historic centre for books made me anxious, my thoughts were how do I conserve my cherished collection of books. Encasing Book Cache with clay covers was my solution to preservation. I collected words that describe some of the various types of books that I adore and used the flag book design to shelve these various words. Book Cache is a collection of types of books that can be safely stored away for future use. In my work, I strive to give the observer a sense of time, place, and memory through imagery, colour and texture. I often work in several forms of printmaking at once, including collagraph, etching, monotype and relief as well as other mediums that include painting, collage, ruth hook, encaustic and clay. My compositions reveal an inner order or emotional logic to my observed world. Many of my artworks are compositions built up in sections the natural world and comprises of elements that form distinct and perceptible patterns. Both ordered and chaotic in structure, these patterns embody elements of time, space and chance. The organisation and layering of these patterns generates inner structures that form the basis of my work. Flag book design, inside is monotype on Arches 250gsm, text is serigraph on papers vary mostly Arches 250gsm, covers vary; (handmade papers, found papers, collagraph, relief and monotype), Dimensions (vary slightly) 4.25" wide x 6.25" high, .75" (1" for clay covers) deep, 14" open (9.5" open for clay covers); Medium various printmaking techniques bound in a flag book design using archival papers and inks I was born in Guyana, South America with a Russian and Indian bloodline. Grew up in Montreal and Toronto where I studied graphic design and printmaking. Lived in British Columbia for 10 years, where I worked as a graphic designer and visual artist. In 1997 I lived in upstate New York for one year, where I did an internship in book arts, papermaking and printmaking. I also lived in England for one year, where I did an apprenticeship in letterpress printing and various bindings techniques. I have travelled extensively through Canada and the USA. During a cross Canada trip in 1999, I discovered and fell in love with Newfoundland. I now live with my husband and son in downtown St. John's, where I work as a printmaker, painter and art instructor. www.theleytongallery.com/anita_singh.html anitasingh@nl.rogers.com |