Knights and Chivalry - Bookworks

Looking at the book sculptures by Alexander Korzer-Robinson I decided to create my own. I bought an encyclopedia of Knights and Chivalry and one by one began to remove the pages only leaving some images. The book had 236 pages and only 29 separate images were left by the end. It is a long process but very rewarding, you can see the image building up bit by bit and it's surprising how well the images through out the book can layer one into one narrative. A very delicate but fun process.

Artists I like #8

Browsing DeviantArt and I saw this book that had been crafted into a sort of treasure chest. It just looks really pretty and almost like a collectable. It is very delicate and by the appearance has a lot of tiny hand made hard back books or scrolls. It relates to my current project because it could be an artist book. It would also be quite a unique take as its more of an object based piece. 

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Coat of Arms Tunnel book - Bookworks

After finding a new love with tunnel books I created a few mock ups and then a final version. I wanted the Coat of Arms to go back in layers with each layer broken down into each component of the arms. I painted by own Coat of Arms for my surname and made a book to resemble the materials medieval books were made from.

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Leather bound book - Bookworks

My new project is based around making and the history of books. My brief is to pick a book written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and then take inspiration from it and move in a certain direction. I chose the book "Sir Nigel" which is the story of Knight from the Medieval period. This lead me to research what books looked like that were made from the Medieval time period. I then created my own book based upon my research, so this is my second attempt at a leather covered book. It still needs work but I'm quite happy with the final look, especially the leather bound strap!