Okay, this post is really getting on the bandwagon. I went to the art-section of my favourite book-shop the other day and there was a whole shelf dedicated to making books, ideas for altered books etc etc. It does feel like a bit of an obsession amongst the craft-lovers. As I flicked through I thought that some were great -- really interesting and different, but most just hit that note of pretention and that feeling of trying-too-hard.I thought I'd show some of the ones that I really like, and make me want to try it out myself:
Here I am looking at some artists who I think really do something a bit different and alter their books in a highly original way:
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| Jacqueline Rush Lee: Lorum Ipsum II |
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| Jaqueline Rush Lee Ex Libris (2000) |
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| Jacqueline Rush Lee: Endoskeleton (2000) |
Jacqueline Rush Lee writes in her bio that she is inspired by everyday objects, materials and colours in her surrounding environment - particularly used books. I really like what she does with them. She's not scared to go quite far with her ideas.
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| Brian Dettmer (2010) |
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| Brian Dettmer Integrated Electronics (2008) |
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| Brian Dettmer (2009) |
Brian Dettmer is an artist from the United States who perform biopsies on books, mostly manuals.
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| Jennifer Khoshbin Alice Knows |
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| Jennifer Khoshbin You're a Liar |
Jennifer Khoshbin places these in her portfolio under 'Manipulation', I like how she keep the original book and story but makes it into an artwork.
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| Isaak G. Salazar |
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| Isaak G. Salazar |
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| Isaak G. Salazar |
Unfortunately I can't find the website of Salazar. I really like how he folds the pages rather than cutting them away. Slightly cheesy on the wordplay (he does 'Twilight' for Twilight), but beautifully done.
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