Meeting, April 2015 - JoWonder (images coming soon!)

On a bright, cold morning we gathered for the April Book Arts Collective meeting. Attendees include writers, artists and novices.  Today’s guest speaker is JoWonder, an animator, film maker and book artist.  

Jo Wonder (Jo Woodward)

Jo began by playing her award winning stop frame animation The Brooch Pin and the Sinful Clasp.

She then went on to discuss her triptychs; traditionally portable altarpiece depticting religious scences, Jo’s large canvas triptych resemble Mexican miracle paintings. Jo discussed the narrative content of her triptych – they are picture stories that are transformative and Jo has used feminist re- imaginings of fairy tales as the basis of her work.

Jo discussed a commission by the Wellcome collection to create pictures using bacteria. This microbial art included a pre-raphelite rendition of Ophelia that degraded over time, you can view further information on this on youtube, the project is entitled 6 days Goodbye poems of Ophelia.

Jo shared examples of her book art including work inspired by Bodhisattva and a new book Soup Bowl Stories.


Jo’s shared her advice/tips for completing Arts Council applications, including whether you may wish to employ an expert to help put the application together and examples from her own application.
British Women artists http://www.britishwomenartists.com/
 
This is a repository of women artists who are, comparatively, less represented in galleries and exhibitions. Artists submit their work and a few sentences about their work, there are astoundingly and wonderful array of fine art on the website, including short films. BWA welcomes book artists!

One of our members, Jaquinta, londonbookworks.blogspot.co.uk, also brought along a piece of work to show, which was housed in a small box and contained sea-side sayings on lollipop sticks!  Book Art, from an unusual angle, probably making it a book-art-object …...

The June meeting sees us very lucky indeed, when we welcome 2 talented guests, Ed Boxall, and Kim Pace.  This is the last meeting before our Summer Break, so make sure you book the  date and come along.  Watch for more detailed information to come.

Please let us know if you, or someone you know, or know of, can come and join us later in the year as a guest, as there are some spots available.  Suggestions please!  Either email Dorry, or if you belong through the Meetup Groups, send a message through there.

Would you like your work included on the Sussex book arts website?

If you would like your work uploaded then please contact Dorry direct.
Include the images and 1-2 sentences. 

Upcoming events

Takeover 2015, 9 May 2015, 47/49 Tanner Street, London

 http://www.alternativepress.org.uk/index.php/takeover-2015/

Advance Notice about our last Session before the Summer Break

We are going to have our Summer Break after our Session in June, coming back for some more lovely stuff in September. The session in June will be on Saturday morning, the 13th, as usual at Phoenix Gallery, 10.30 to 12.30 in the Green Room and as it's the last before the break, make sure you remember the date and we will be delighted to welcome you. More details will follow, although we will be having Ed Boxall and Kim Pace as our visiting artists, so look out for more on these two talented people when further details are published, both here on the Blog and on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/sussexbookartscollective Put the date in your diary or on your calendar so you don't miss this opportunity. Ed has published lots of great books as well as loads more stuff including wonderful drawings, and Kim has exhibited here and abroad, has curatorial work to her credit, and is thinking about publishing a graphic novel. She is currently Acting Pathway Leader for Sculpture at Wimbledon, University of the Arts, London. These two are bound to give us an inspiring morning, don't you think?!

More News from the Book Arts ...

Next weekend sees the opening of Turn the Page, the Book Arts Fair in Norwich. Some of our members will be showing their work, and it is on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd May at The Forum, Norwich.

Saturday 25 April - Guest Artist JoWOnder

Come and join us for the next session of the Book Arts Collective. Meeting 10.30 to 12.30 at Phoenix Gallery, Brighton in the Green Room and have great pleasure in welcoming JoWOnder who will be our guest. Jo will be sharing some of her interactive book Soup Bowl Stories, and she will talk about her Best of Sail artwork currently on show in Australia. Jo will be looking at how the internet can be used for networking, and she will be telling us about the new developments with BritishWomenArtists.com, which she founded. See more at jowonder.com

March Book Art with Ottilie Hainsworth and Rosie Sherwood

On 14 March 2015 Sussex Book Arts Collective had another inspirational session with two very talented guest book artists Ottilie Hainsworth and Rosie Sherwood.

Image below: Rosie Sherwood, In the Gutter (2013), project in paper, resin, and bronze, 

exploring how the comic book space is used to visualise time.

 

Meeting Introduction:

Dorry Smallman (Sussex Book Art Forum founder) made an announcement that the next Book Arts Collective meeting will take place on the 25th of April 2015. For those on Meetup.com who have joined us, these book art events will now only be advertised on the Meetup Sussex Artists, and the Meetup Creative Arts pages, so please look there for further news. 

Mariya Ustymenko spoke of the upcoming book fair opportunities, making a suggestion for Sussex Book Arts Collective regulars to exhibit collectively at the following events that are coming up in the next few months. These events include:
Alternative Takeover 2015, Saturday 9th of May (London)

In the second event of our Takeover Series, we’ll be taking over 47/49 Tanner Street with a day that champions all radical publishing – from its independent bookshops and publishers to its DIY-ers; the small press, self-publishers, and zinesters.

If you would like to participate in the joint submission for the table at the fair, please, contact Dorry or Mariya by the 20th of March.   

 

 

 

 

DIY Cultures 2015 at Rich Mix, Sunday 24th of May (London)

There will be a FREE communal table for people with one-off zines to sell at the event above. Bring your zines on the day!

Other Book Arts Events Not to Miss

Liverpool Artists Books Fair, 4th of July (Liverpool) submissions open

Turn the Page 2015, 1st and 2nd of May (Norwich) submissions closed

Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize, closing date: 31st May 2015

Also watch out for Press and Release 2016 Artist's Book exhibition submission guidelines to appear soon at www.phoenixbrighton.org

 

Above: Paper theatre project.

Our guest speaker Ottilie Hainsworth (ott216.wix.com/ottilie) was the first to talk about her starting points, working with recycled materials, books as tactile objects, and the challenges of working very small.

Ottilie is currently running drop in drawing and book making Thursday sessions in Brighton and you can now follow the artist on Twitter.

Our next guest speaker Rosie Sherwood talked about her work, which is often photography based,and inspired by comics, as well as her experiences as an independent micropublisher (AYU Publishing) and the editor of the international zine Elbow Room, open to submission in all media.

 

In the Gutter - Limited First Edition of 5, Copyright 2013

The session concluded with the networking time spent perusing the wonderful work brought by our guest speakers.

 

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Great Book Art Session coming up!

Don't forget, it's our Book Art Session on Saturday morning, 14th March 2015.  It's something wonderful to do on a Saturday, and it is bound to be a stimulating session with our two guest visitors coming along to tell us all about their Book Art Work.  It begins at 10.30 am, so don't be late for this forthcoming event.  Only just over a week to go!


Our visitors are Ottilie Hainsworth (ott216.wix.com/ottilie) and Rosie Sherwood (ayupublishing.com), both experienced in the book art processes and ready to wow us with a glimpse into their talented and accomplished arty worlds.  See our previous blog entry for more details, and make sure you BOOK the morning off from the usual stuff to come along and join us.  Everyone is welcome - you might just be curious, you may be good at book art work, you may be a beginner.  We will be pleased to meet you.  Just turn up at The Phoenix Gallery, Waterloo Place, Brighton (www.phoenixarts.org) to sit in and see what is happening, 10.30 to 12.30.


As well, we are going to have a chat about forthcoming ideas for collaborations, selling stuff, being in shows and other such delights, so ....   especially useful if you want to move forward with your booky/papery art work and be seen out there in other places on the planet.


We are on Facebook too - http://www.facebook.com/sussexbookartcollective.  Please 'like' us while you are there!


By the way, if you are a member of Meetup, look on the Creative Arts in Brighton Meetup page - we have moved to there recently.

Saturday 14th March 2015 - NEWS UPDATE

Come and join us for the next Book Arts session on 14th MARCH 2015, 10.30 to 12.30 at the usual place, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton.  (Map at www.phoenixarts.org) and enjoy a pleasurable morning, relaxing in great company and having a chat.


We will be welcoming the accomplished Rosie Sherwood, and the talented Ottilie Hainsworth to talk to us about their work.  Recommended for a stimulating morning, and a chance to see what might influence your own work.  As well as an opportunity to network!  Here's a bit about them -


Ottilie
Ottilie studied illustration at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal College of Art.  She makes very limited editions of handmade books, etchings and cards.  She is really interested in finding ways of telling 'picture stories', particularly through comics or graphic novels.


Recently, she worked on "Brighton, The Graphic Novel".  She teaches a drawing group called "Come Draw With Me" at Bombane's café in Brighton.


Her website is at http://ott216.wix.com/ottilie


Rosie
Rosie Sherwood's work is driven by storeytelling and an exploration of narrative construction.  Book Art lies at the heart of Sherwood's interdisciplinary practice, with sequence, structure and language, both visual and written, playing important roles.  It is Sherwood's intention to make art that tells stories: emotionally, conceptually and physically.


Sherwood founded AYUpublishing (http://ayupublishing.com) in 2012, a micro-press through which she produces her own work and publishes Elbow Room, a series of art journals and live events.  She graduated from Camberwell College of Art with an MA in Book Arts in 2013.  She has delivered papers on the comic book as book art, and her work can be found in various collections, including The Poetry Library, Tate Library and Archive, and the National Galleries of Scotland.


Everyone welcome!  All abilities, the curious, and those seeking inspiration and a reasonably good cuppa. Grab your place at 10.30 sharp.  See you there....