Category Archives: illustration

Halloween 2017 Bonus Post

Posted on October 31, 2017 by

In case you need something to entertain you between trips to the door to hand out candy to ghosties and ghoulies and assorted Disney princesses, here are two videos and a link to an article for your intermittent amusement. First, … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Memories of Science

Posted on March 31, 2017 by

Memories of Science is an artist’s book by Dorothy Yule. Here’s an entertaining little video of the book in action.     If you are feeling particularly affluent, you can order a copy of Memories of Science through 23 Sandy Gallery. … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: The Pop-Up Art Book

Posted on January 27, 2017 by

The Pop-Up Art Book was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2015 and is still available to order here. It features works by Angry Woebots, Skinner, kozyndan, Junko Mizuno, Tara McPherson, and Jim Mahfood. The video demonstrates each of the pop-ups including … Continue reading →

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A Box for Christmas

Posted on January 1, 2017 by

I received many lovely Christmas presents this year, but I think my favourite was a joint gift from two friends. When unwrapped it looked like this: The hinges are in good condition, but the clasps on the front of the box … Continue reading →

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Calendars

Posted on November 27, 2016 by

Although the books I produce under the Byopia Press imprint vary widely in format and style, there is one thing that I make on an annual basis. Every year since 2004, Byopia Press has produced at least one desktop calendar.  When I still did … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: The Wonderland Book

Posted on November 25, 2016 by

Today’s flick is really just a long advertisement for a photo book, but what a book it is! Apparently I missed it going viral last year, so you may already have seen at least some of the images.     Kirsty … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Food Maps and Meet Illustrator Lucy Engelman

Posted on November 11, 2016 by

The Persistence of Hope is installed as a labyrinth (which is a kind of map), and the book I will be writing about on Sunday uses a map as a design source, so I thought today’s flicks should also be … Continue reading →

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The Cloths of Heaven

Posted on September 18, 2016 by

Back at the beginning of July, I wrote about one of my entries for weloveyourbooks dot / dash on-line exhibition. I used Hedi Kyle’s panel book structure for my book Over The Hills. Using the same structure I recently designed and … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: The Hoxton Street Monster Supplies Cookbook

Posted on September 16, 2016 by

This past Sunday I posted about Putting Up Mangoes, an artist’s book from Convivio Bookworks. Today’s two short videos are promotions for a book which, if not an artist’s book, is still quite artful. I have been a fan of … Continue reading →

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dot / dash 3

Posted on July 3, 2016 by

Back in late February and early March I wrote a bit about working on an entry for this year’s we love your books juried on-line exhibition. The flag book wasn’t working the way I wanted, so I set it aside … Continue reading →

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