Artists Books

Claire Van Vliet | Circulus Sapientiae

he term book arts, refers to the arts and crafts in the making of a book.  Binding, papermaking and printing are all part of the book arts. Book artists, in the sense that this blog will address today, are artists who employ all these crafts, and contemporary technologies into creating unique, often extremely limited editions of highly artistic books. Book artist are not unlike fine artist in that their work can be of a unique personal style and very collectable. There is a magic to well designed and executed artist books. It takes the idea of the author and transforms it into a sensory story using words, illustration, interaction and often, sculptural effects. My reason for introducing the book artist at this point in time is to expose you to the magic of artist books. You will need to find this magic for your edible books –  that idea that you translate with food stuffs that moves your reader. Enjoy the the beautiful books below by contemporary book artists. To learn more about the book and the artist, click on the image. Can you identify the magic?

Pat Smith | Hidden Ancestors

Lark Burkhart | The Good Book Kit

Bonnie Thompson Norman | The Windowpane Press

Chela Metzger | Bird Book

Margery S. Hellmann | The Holburne Press

Gloria Helfgott | Arachne: Vida Lobo

Margery Hellman | Ulysses

Charlene Matthews | Virus: A Love Poem

Jody Alexander | Due Date: It's No A Popularity Contest

Alicia Bailey | December 1: The Hunt

Su-Ju Wang | Esther

Todd Pattison | Little Library

Claire Van Vliet | Tumbling Blocks

Karen Hammer | Even Before You Left the Farm

Emily Martin | Naughty Dog Press

Patience from Glowing Heads on Vimeo.

The Icebook (HD) from Davy and Kristin McGuire on Vimeo.

Hitch from Pascal Monaco on Vimeo.

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