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.