The Collaboration between myself and Fiona Dempster in Australia has been ongoing throughout this year, but because of our various commitments the exchanges have not been regular, but that doesn’t matter it is the spirit and commitment between us that is vital and joyful.
Fiona will, I’m sure write about her book, so here are a few notes about my fourth book,
‘The Shape of Two Sides’
Over the years I have made several arrangements of ‘glued spine’ books. I particularly like the way that the pages can stand equally spaced out, forming a fan. This arrangement reflects the Northern and Southern Hemispheres that Fiona and I inhabit whilst commenting on the collaboration.
Physically its a strong book, both in terms of structure and image
This book is a new variation and involved printing 56 pages for the two books. The printed page edges are derived from the print of lace, fully worked in the book “Shape Defines Purpose”.
The paper used is Somerset 250 gsm
Book size is 6.5cm high and 31cm open
Covers are painted and mono printed paper with text and Fiona’s paper
And here is Fiona’s book, a beautiful strong book with delicate pages
We have committed to two more books and I’m sure that we will continue to stretch ourselves as Book Artists.
Annwyn Dean 