Artists' Book Exhibition comes to Bristol 5 Nov-30 November

ARTISTS' BOOKS EXHIBITION
at the University of West of England, Bristol, UK
(Tom Trusky Exhibition Cases, Bower Ashton Library)

Britannica Challenge comes to Bristol
5th November - 30th November 2013
If you missed the exhibition of artists' books when it was on at the Sidney Nolan Trust
it is moving to Bristol next week.

 

See more in the university's Book Arts newsletter...
 http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/newspdfs/85.pdf

 

There are some amazing altered books in the exhibition.  Here are a couple of photos of my book - Volume 21   S-T     'Swimming the Butterfly'.

 

 

Encyclopaedia Britannica - altered book exhibition is on at the Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne, 7-15 Sept, 2013

 You can see my 'Swimming the Butterfly' entry for the Encyclopaedia Britannica Challenge at the Sidney Nolan Trust  from 7-15 September... see below.

 

h.Art exhibition - Fine Art Prints and Encyclopaedia Britannica Challenge

7 - 15 September 2013  10.30am - 5.00pm - Tithe Barn Gallery

This is our 12th Annual Fine Art Prints exhibition showing new work by artists using the Trust's printmaking studio and workshop or attending our range of courses.
Alongside we are showing our Encyclopædia Britannica Challenge. In 2012 the Sidney Nolan Trust was given a set of 1950s Encyclopædia Britannica after all attempts by their original owner to find them a new home failed. They were destined to become pulp when the Trust stepped in with the idea of asking artists to select a volume and transform it into a new work of art. Participants include established book artists and newcomers to this exciting fine art medium. Some are regular members of the group of book artists working at the Trust; others simply responded to publicity about the project.

http://www.sidneynolantrust.org/whats-on/exhibitions/h-art-exhibition

'Swimming the Butterfly' - Volume 21 of the Encyclopaedia Britannica - Sidney Nolan Trust Challenge

‘Swimming the Butterfly’ – Volume 21 of the Sidney Nolan Encyclopaedia Britannica Challenge
On receiving volume 21 I flicked through the pages, my mind flitting and flying from one subject and idea to another.

 

Eventually, it was the hot summer, and experiences arising out of it, that led me to my final creation. I have never been swimming as much as I have this year and my garden has attracted more butterflies than usual, including one of my favourites – the Peacock.

Skimming through the text I settled on a section headed ‘SWIMMING’ and read about the butterfly stroke. It led me to think of the phrase, ‘Swimming the Butterfly’ and the surreal connotations of combining butterfly and swimmer. It’s a racing form of the breast stroke, so I felt that it had to be organised in lanes across my book and I had to decide upon a winner … the butterfly that excites me the most – the Swallowtail.

 

 

Encyclopaedia Britannica Challenge

I accepted the Encyclopaedia Britannica Challenge a few months ago.   This involved having volume 21 which I need work with to create an altered book.  This is quite a well established kind of art form now and I have experimented a little in this in the past.  An exciting prospect...but what to do?

I considered all kinds of possibilities, but this warm summer I have been swimming a great deal and  I had also made drawings and created prints of butterflies a couple of years ago for a book (Shropshire Butterflies edited by Nadia Kingsley).  So, on seeing the section on SWIMMING in my volume and thinking about 'Swimming the Butterfly' I started....