ARTISTS' BOOKS

My bookworks range from small editions of photocopy books to book/paper sculpture and one-off fabric books. Every piece has an element of the handmade to it, recording the processes employed to create the work. It feels like I am collecting processes and skills as if they were items and putting them on display like treasure.

Recently I have been influenced by my day job in a library. Stamping, shelving, archiving, tagging, repairs, jacketing, microfilm reading & photocopying are but a few processes that occur in the library from day to day. These processes are seeping into my artistic practice, most noticeably in my book works.

I have also recently been taught some basic traditional bookbinding skills which I am now incorporating into my work. These techniques have allowed me to create from ideas which I have harboured for some time. Notebooks which sit on the fence between artists' books and handmade product, and re-visiting some older bookworks to re-bind.

My main project right now is "Micro-Pages": "Micro-Pages" is a project that aims to start a conversation about the issues surrounding the display of artists' books. Selected artists' books will be turned into a reel of microfilm for a touring exhibition. The work will be accessed through microfilm reader machines in participating libraries and archive centres. The touring exhibition will include Bristol UWE Library and Winchester School of Art Library in Autumn/Winter 2009.

"The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"
"Horizon" for Geekfest 2008

"Record, Restrict, Reveal"

"Reading Around" A UWE Book Art Project

"Everyweekness" For sale in the SHOP

"22nd April"