A Midsummer Night's Dream: new book art

This latest piece of book art is finally complete!

A Midsummer Night's Dream is retold as a wordless narrative using a combination of old and new technologies: intaglio printmaking and laser cutting.  The result is a panoramic piece of book art that visually narrates the story and draws inspiration from the imagery of the text.

The book itself will be in a very small edition of only seven (eight including the display copy pictured here).  The display copy of it is currently on display as part of my exhibition A Knavish Lad at McNaughtan's Bookshop and Gallery until the end of September.  The exhibition also includes framed work, etchings, laser cut art and a black and white (pre-aquatinted) version of the book, which I will share more on in another post.

Enjoy the photos!  Any questions, comments or queries about the artwork are all welcome.

The finished book (on wall) measures over 2 metres in width

Coming soon...

'Cupid is a knavish lad, thus to make poor females mad....'

Next month will see the completion of a project I've been working on for a long time and a solo exhibition at McNaughtan's Bookshop and Gallery in Edinburgh.

A select few etchings are off to the framers, and the final piece of artwork is slowly being put together...  This is going to be the biggest piece of book art I've created to date.

All finished and framed...

The framed print above (titled A La Turk) is in a limited edition of nine and is my entry for St Margaret's House Summer Residents Show in Edinburgh.  The show is on from August 9th until September 7th 2014, with the private view is on Friday 8th August.

For more info on the show visit http://www.edinburghpalette.co.uk/events/st-margarets-house-summer-residents-show-2014/ 

DCA Print Studio Registered Artists Exhibition

One of the laser-cut 'Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' books will feature in this new exhibition alongside work by other members of the Print Studio at DCA (Dundee Contemporary Arts). 

Expect to see a wide variety of old and new techniques in this showcase of work at the Roseangle Gallery in Dundee...

 

Opening night for Tenants' Show

The Arts Complex are hosting a Tenants Show next month, which will showcase work by over 100 resident artists in their three galleries. 

Opening night is Friday 2nd of August from 6 until 9pm.

Entry is free!

For directions visit http://www.artscomplex.org/location