Birth of a Book

A short vignette of a book being created using traditional printing methods.



This shot was directed and edited by Glen Milner for the Daily Telegraph. Shot at Smith-Settle Printers, Leeds, England. The book being printed is Suzanne St Albans’ Mango and Mimosa published as part of the Slightly Foxed series.

Silhouette Masterpiece Theater

Silhouette Masterpiece Theater is a side project by designer Wilhelm Staehle.

Paper: Tear, Fold, Rip, Crease, Cut by Raven Smith

Elsa Mora - Paper Art

Elsa's Main Blog
All About papers Cutting Blog

Ebru Demetgül Paper Art

A collection of decorative prints by a Turkish graphic designer Ebru Demetgül





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NZ Book Council - Going West

Produced by Colenso BBDO
Animated by Andersen M Studio
www.andersenm.com



Andersen M Studio is a London based creative studio - a partnership between siblings Martin Andersen and Line Andersen.

Yulia Brodskaya

“I’m constantly experimenting and evolving, always pushing my style in new directions: my greatest passion is to explore ways of illustration and typography.” ~ Yulia Brodskaya

In an inspiring intersection of visual art and typography, Yulia Brodskaya fashions ribbons of paper into stunning images so crisp it seems almost impossible that they’re not digitally produced. Her masterful manipulations make us think twice about what’s possible with an everyday material that’s used and very often discarded without a second thought.

Brodskaya’s papergraphic creations are often saturated with bright colours, but can also be boldly black and white, or clean white on white. Her expert use of fonts and colour, coupled with the intricacy of her work, make simple messages pop off the page. It’s difficult to peel your eyes away, or not find something different each time you look at an image.





Source 1 | Source 2 | Yulia Brodskaya's official site

Scott Campbell

Making his major exhibition debut in London, New York-based tattoo artist Scott Campbell recently opened his latest exhibition, entitled “Always Almost There”, at the Lazarides Gallery. The show featured Campbell’s signature style in the form of laser etching on multi-layered creations. “Always Almost There” runs through October 30th, 2009. from Hypebeast

Scott Campbell's official site
More photos are available here

As a side-note: the exhibition is based London; it's illegal to deface currency in the US. Also, it's been suggested the notes aren't real. Similarly to Lucille Moroni, Campbell is using a 'controversial' medium. Whatever the concept, it's the material that makes the real impact.

While it's obviously not possible to reach this level of accuracy with a knife, I wonder if one can create the layers with one.

Lucille Moroni

Before beginning her ‘book-folding’ projects, Lucille Moroni worked using textiles for many years. She first saw a book with folded pages in a shop window in Lyons and knew at once that this was something for her. She prefers to work with 19th century church books and missals. Every time it is a challenge to fold the pages to correspond with the contours of the gilded decorations on the pages.

What appeals to me in Moroni's work, besides the beautiful craftsmanship, is that she works with old church books. I'm assuming she's not using bibles, but 'transforming' religious books might still be considered risky by some. Since she is not cutting up any of the pages, her work is on a safer ground, so to speak.

The fact that she worked with textiles for a long time before starting to experiment with books is also interesting. Is this a switch of medium or just the materials?