The Art of Paper

 I recently got Papercraft. Hands down for me one of the best paper books out there. After carefully looking at all my options. Quality and value for money Papercraft was a good investment.
Papercraft looks at design and art with paper but on a whole new level. Paper structures, clothing, art design. You name it it has  been made with paper.
Amazing artist feature through out the whole book.  Taylor Mckimens

works features left. He is an artist who does books, comics, zines, drawing and sculptures. The whole book is jammed pack with artists new approaches to paper. There is also a pretty fancy animated dvd to go along with it.

Along with Papercraft a whole series of books have recently been released looking at paper in a whole new way. It probably worth checking them all out and deciding for yourself....a few worth flipping through are Slash and Unfolded. All the books have equally amazing works in them. I'd probably buy all of them if i could.


 

Dirty Hands Printmakers

Dirty Hand Printmakers formed in 2007 at COFA as a small group of students with the aim of continuing to exhibit together and exploring the possibilities of printmaking in contemprorary art practice. The result of this ambitious project has been multiple exhibitions across Sydney that push printmaking to its limits.

For Dirty Hands’ third group exhibition, Torn Edges, the collaborative printmaking co-operative have addressed the physicality of their chosen material - the deckled (or torn) edge commonly seen in fine art printmaking – and utilise the term as a metonym for the testing of boundaries that characterises each of their individual practices. Torn Edges showcases a wide variety of printmaking practices commonly (and not so commonly) used today. Torn Edges will see prints across the walls, floors and ceilings of Hardware Gallery for three weeks in June and July.
In addressing the notion of the “edge”, Dirty Hands simultaneously celebrate and critique both the supposed ‘limitations’ and the infinite possibilities of their chosen medium. They cite the ubiquity of printed media in contemporary life, and utilise this as a framework from which to speak about issues ranging from colonisation, familial and cultural relations, contemporary nostalgia, as well as more visceral ideas concerning printmaking’s vital associations with texture and composition.
Torn Edges will be opened by Euan Macloed on Tuesday 22 June from 6-8pm"Torn Edges"

Matt Huynh- Asperatus

Last week I got the chance to check out some amazing works by the talented Matt Huynh.

Matt is a comic creator and illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. Matt's works were set up on easels among the Skeletons at the Australian Museum for one night only. "Asperatus" was a display of his latest work an impressive range of insanely detailed illustration.

If you weren't lucky enough to check out the show, visit his website or you can see more of his illustrations at the Jacky Winter Group.

Artbound exhibition at Gallery Red

More exciting new for those interested in Artist Books. Australian BookBinders are exhibiting Artist Books at  Gallery Red in Glebe in a show called ArtBound. The show allows artist to explore the nature of books through a creative expressive form. It seems that this vehicle of expression gets more and more experimental as time goes on and is well worth checking out!
The exhibition opens on Friday May 28 and runs until Tuesday June 15.
Opening Hours:
Monday-Friday: 10am-5pm
Saturdays: 10am-3pm
Sundays: Closed

Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem

Motherhouse

producer: Monica Oppen

Binder: Daphne Lerabinder

The Oyster Book of Lessons from the Memory Room

Images: Juli Haas

Binder: Juli Haas

Given

Producer: Tim Mosely

Tucked away in Stanmore I never expected there to be a library for artist books. Bibliotheca Librorum apud Artificem is in a private house in Sydney, collecting and seeking after artist books.

You can browse the collection online by looking through artists, book titles or publisher names. You can search the system by type of medium or edition.

You can even submit an application to have work  considered for the library.

It looks like it could be well worth checking out but access to the collection is strictly by appointment only. Students are welcomed! 

The Sketchbook Project is taking place in the USA but anyone is welcome to be involved!
Thousands of sketchbooks will be exhibited at galleries and museums as they make their way on tour across the country. After the tour, all sketchbooks will enter into the permanent collection of The Brooklyn Art Library, where they will be barcoded and available for the public to view.

Anyone - from anywhere in the world -even us here in Sydney can be a part of the project. To participate all you have to do is pay $25 to register and they will send you a sketchbook. You have till January 2011 to fill it with goodies and send it back to them and the tour starts in March 2011.

Visit sketchbook project to get the details and official dates. Even if you don't want to participate it worth visiting the site to check out last years projects!

Rani P Lukita and Phil Lesnie - Sydney artists / Hand to Hand

 
Dark, dirty and hysterical, League of Shadows is the theatrical vision of Phil Lesnie and Rani Lukita. Struggling to subsist in the shadowlands at the end of the world, the eccentric cast of characters – teaming handmade puppets with a group of talented voice actors – features a shy radioactive quasimodo, a diabolical mad scientist, an amputee love-interest, and a pathologically rude doomsday device.

Think Tim Burton meets South Park, plus a soundtrack (Jake Craig with Melissa Lesnie) ranging from German Expressionist film score to alt country to shoegazer. You can see further images and snippets of Rana and Phil's performance at http://www.leagueofshadows.com.au/