Leeds is home to the tetley which is a new contemporary art space situated in the city centre. It allows a space for family, business ect to have access to an artist space which then can use for their own means, but also host events and has a art gallery space where exhibitions are spaced.
At the moment they are holding a Picture Book Exhibition, this shows work of artist in the form of artist books. They have been designed as pieces of artwork but work functionally as books, this is a display of the beauty of books.
'There is a long tradition of artists employing the crafts and technologies of mainstream publishing to create books which either document their practice or serve as artworks in their own right. Increased access to printing and publishing technologies combined with a renewed interest in the craft and materiality of book-making, has seen the number of artists creating books continue to expand.
Picture Book features a range of UK-based practitioners who take a variety of approaches to producing artists’ books. The common thread between the work on display is a particular focus on the publishing of image-based books, whether an industrially produced compendium of graphic art, a limited edition, hand-bound ‘zine of drawing or photography, or a one-of-a kind, paper-cut tomb so large that it can only be ‘read’ at scheduled performances.'
As for this module we have to create 2 different forms of books, i visited this exhibition to get a feel of how these books are created, the stock, the bounding, the over all styles. Most of the books where perfect bound on thicker stock which makes the more durable therefore will last longer. Most of the books don't include or focus much on the text which relates to my idea for Studio Brief 2 as i want to create a more illustration style book, therefore seeing these gave me research into have to create a look like that.
one of the book in the exhibition came in a sleeve that seemed a bit like a record sleeve, this idea is one i have been looking at for my book but this shows a perfect example of how it can be produced.
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| book in a record sleeve |
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