Time after Time: An Artist's Book in the Making

The Bristol Artists' Book Event was a revelation to me, as I think I now  know how and where to share   Time After Time  when it is fully formed. The range of creative practice was incredible and I  really  enjoyed the way much of it could not be defined using conventional art terms such  as  panting,  printing, and sculpture, fluid and inclusive practices. I was very inspired by the range and quality of work, the associated artists' websites and the work we purchased. As I prepare to exhibit and perhaps sell my work, my challenge will be in the setting out and finishing of books using In Design, Illustrator etc. to create polished and professional-looking final products, so I have signed-up to Adobe classes in the autumn, a little late for the MA but part of the same developmental trajectory. Also, the UWE Book Arts newsletter is going to be a very useful reference for me to identify conferences and events, it's time to get my work out there. Fig...

I am so pleased to take some time to think about the next panel and prepare stencils for the key elements (which need to be repositioned a little, to balance the overall image). I hope to start working on this in September and perhaps complete it by Christmas as some of the time-consuming elements have been resolved when making the first panel: dotting the ground, the combination of screen-printing, stenciling and approaches to collage, and drawing people.

I have reached the final, 4th plate of the 2016-2017 panel and experimenting with ways to depict the Whanganui river in New Zealand, that now has the same legal rights as a person: drawing, collage, painting, printing and looking for inspiration from the way water is represented in Japanese art. I am finding this element of the panel very tricky indeed as I don't want the approach to look too mannered and I also don't want to repeat methods I have already used. I will keep testing ideas. Slow as always, but perhaps this is one of the points of the work: marking time. Fig. 1. Ogata Kōrin,  Red and White Plum Blossoms , Edo period, 18th century Fig. 2. Tour of Waterfalls in Various Province, Hokusai Fig 3. Masculine Waves , ceiling panel Hokusai Fig. 4 & 5. Landscape with the Sun and Moon ,  jûyô-bunkazai , unknown artist, mid-16th century, Kongôji (Ôsaka Prefecture) Fig 6 & 7 Star Festival, Kayama Matazo: The incredible detail in this modern painting / collage is...