Category Archives: art

Friday Night Flicks: “Mère et Enfant par Beno

Posted on November 29, 2019 by

Last week’s flick featured some easy ways to make little books. Tonight’s flick shows the complex process used to produce a traditional ‘moku hanga’ or woodblock print. Some of the Japanese ukiyo-e prints produced this way originally appeared in books. … Continue reading →

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And On To The Next

Posted on November 10, 2019 by

The last (at least for the moment) of the bi-coloured menko works —Mademoiselle de Maupin— is complete. I have moved on to another paper quilt using a different structure, based on my re-invention of the ‘Shrigley’ binding.

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Sometimes My Life is a Little Too Fluxus, Part Two

Posted on November 3, 2019 by

Last week I wrote about some of the works included in Sometimes My Life is a Little Too Fluxus, the Flux-kit conceived and assembled by Amy Spencer. This week I will show the rest of the works from the little … Continue reading →

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Sometimes My Life is a Little Too Fluxus

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

Although the title of today’s post could apply to me, it is actually a quotation from Elizabeth Kotz, and the title of a collaborative work assembled by Amy Spencer via Instagram. I wrote a bit about my contribution here. Participants … Continue reading →

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The Girl in the Golden Atom

Posted on October 13, 2019 by

It has been another week of playing with menko. I completed The Girl in the Golden Atom.

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Keeping On Keeping On

Posted on October 6, 2019 by

I am making progress, though slowly. The Girl in the Golden Atom is now in its final stage, but a number of processes were required to get this far. I finished folding the spacer menko, and inserted them in the … Continue reading →

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Moving Menko

Posted on September 22, 2019 by

It has been a fairly busy week. I finished sorting the two-inch menko, though they will likely be re-sorted in the future for a second piece. Some of the piles are single colour combinations.

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Friday Night Flicks: Off Book: Book Art

Posted on September 13, 2019 by

In case you didn’t have a chance to check out the PBS Digital Studio channel on Vimeo two weeks ago, tonight’s flick is another in their series on books. This video examines the idea of what a book is through … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Utamaro’s Studies From Nature

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

The Folio Society regularly produces special limited edition books. Tonight’s flick is about the production of something a bit out of their usual style: a five-volume facsimile edition of Kitagawa Utamaro’s Studies From Nature.     After watching the video, … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Pnit by Pneuhaus

Posted on June 28, 2019 by

Tonight’s flick is an unlikely choice for two reasons: the video was featured on Colossal, which means it already has extensive exposure, and it has nothing to do with paper, or books, and only a tenuous relationship with animation. It … Continue reading →

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