What is an Artist’s Book? – an art object – a structure containing imagery and sometimes text sometimes not – open or closed it carries meaning sometimes stated sometimes implied – it refers to the history of the book form as an object of communication – something to be held handled read deciphered treasured – we have an interaction with the form as a structural object containing words symbols visual imagery – when we make an artist’s book we reconnect and innovate with a centuries-old form – the universal language of the book form the opening page the cover the binding the containment of a story or ideas of something new unheard unspoken unseen now shared now seen now heard all the wonderment of that universal memory is carried through in each artist’s book for the viewer to experience as a sensory delight – I consider my artist’s books as created forms to contain and share selected ideas and images and words that are part of my life as an artist and human being – poetry, prose, art, history, philosophy, spirituality – a way of being in the world that connects to a past still tangible through the mists of time…
Each of my Artist’s Books are completely original and unique and so are not for sale. However, if you have a specific request I can replicate to the best of my ability, and cost per individual piece depending on time and materials.
Autumn – Artist’s Book created using mixed media – collage and collagraph print on handmade and waxed papers with found driftwood cover
Book of Memories created using mixed media – cotton cloth, threads, waxed papers and found driftwood with clasp hinges
Another Self-Portrait created using cotton cloth, twig book-spine typewritten text
A Selection of Tiny Artist’s Books created using handmade paper, painting, inks, typewritten text and cloth
Haiku Book of Seasons created using hand-bound book with Japanese binding techniques, handmade papers, typewritten text, haiku poems, acrylic paints and inks
Towards Liberation-A Contemplation on the Nature of Womanhood created using hand-bound book, handmade paper, collage, collagraph print, hand-written text and threads
a Leaf Unfurling, a Feather Floating…created using waxed papers, collage, found materials including feather, threads and typewritten text
Inscape..Thoughts on Creative Force – created using waxed papers, collagraph print, collage, threads, typewritten text
Ceramic Artist’s Books Project {inspired by the story of Marie Lieb and Memento Mori} …bisque fired ceramic Artist’s Books impressed with lace and feathers and hand-painted with pale blue glaze – containing handmade circular books created using dyed cotton cloth, sumi ink, twigs and feathers – my connection to the Marie Lieb story is available to read under my ‘writing’ section on the website
Meditations on Nature – Artist’s Book created using found natural fibres, handmade papers, threads, collage, oil bars and sumi ink
Bark, The Flesh of Trees – Artist’s Book created using dyed handmade papers, threads, cotton spine, collage, typewritten text
The Mill – Artist’s Book created using handmade papers, threads, cotton spine, handwritten text, natural fibres, painting and collage
The Delight of Mark-Making…Artist’s Book created using paper, sumi ink, monoprint, masking tape and cord
Notes on Levertov & Inscape… Artist’s Book created using handmade paper, thread, button, monoprint paper with handwritten text inspired by the poetry of Denise Levertov and Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poetic idea of inscape
~ Sharon Verrall ~ Artist 