Friday, January 10, 2014

Sculpting with Books

This week my Mum Jan and I flew to Sydney to attend a 2 day 'Sculptural Books' workshop with Lizzie Buckmaster-Dove. The workshop was held at Art Est Art School in Leichhardt.

Lizzie works with paper and found objects to create assemblages and 3-dimensional works.

This workshop was to learn about creating sculptural and 3-dimensional objects using old books, exploring techniques of cutting and folding.

I went home with plenty of ideas on how I could incorporate the techniques into my existing art practice, though I'm certain my short attention span and lack of accuracy could be a problem!


I'm busy cutting, cutting, cutting, cutting,
and cutting some more.
The days went quick though!


Yes I've still got 5 fingers,
luckily no band-aids required this time.
The tool is a surgical blade, VERY sharp but
necessary for this type of work.
 

Lizzie (right) and I with our 3D sculpted books

My completed book, "Honey, from flower to table",
hence the reason why I cut hexagons to
represent a bee hive.

Another book I completed, with
a moth motif cut from the pages.
Each page is cut by hand.
Great therapy.

The cut out moths make an artwork in themselves.
The possibilities......!

A close up of the cut out.

A book I folded on the plane on the way home.
Shame I couldn't do some more cutting, but
scalpels are definitely off the carry-on list!

Mum's book, the theme was 'Circles',
hence her choice of motif.

Mum's other work, cute little birds!
Simple but very effective.




6 comments:

  1. Just awesome. Thanks for showing pics of how this was done -- I've always wondered!

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    1. You should give it a go, one page at a time, very methodical and repetitive - a great way to slow time down and relax.

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  2. WOW these are amazing. What a cool 2 days you had.

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    1. A great trip, doing something arty as well as spending time with my Mum!

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  3. They look fantastic - love to see you make a book of your gorgeous monoprints and then carve into it . . .mmmmmmmmmmm

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    1. Thanks for the idea, but I just couldn't chop up my own book! I'm too precious I think!

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