The Kraken
| Description: |
I mostly work with paper. I love the versatility of the material, how easy it is to manipulate and also the skill required to turn it into delicate work. Its duality, the fragility and strength of it and the fact that it can be found in many ordinary objects, to be recycled and repurposed. I use drawing and paper to explore the boundaries of book structures and create a story, a tale. Imagining a picture that goes beyond the illustration, with mobile and tridimensional parts as in pop-up books, gives me new possibilities to transport the spectator to a more surrounding, almost touchable scene. I also like to reference bookbinding tradition, using paste or marbled papers that I make according to what I want to say. I take inspiration from the natural world, usually focusing on the individuals, animals and plants, be it from an environmental point of view or to create a visual experience playing with colour and shape.--Artist statement from publisher website (accessed August 16, 2018).Mounted on five wooden dowels. Piano hinge structure after Hedi Kyle. Canon Pixma inkjet color printing on 300 gsm cold pressed white Canson paper mounted on thinner laid paper hinges. Five hand cut 5 mm diameter bamboo dowels. Housed in custom presentation box by the artist covered in her own handmade paste paper (80gsm Torreon laid paper, acrylic paint, methylcellulose).Author and title information from Abby Schoolman Books website.Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist on the verso of the final leaf. Published in an edition of 10. |
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| Origin: | 2018 |
| Created By: |
Busquets, Carla |
| Publisher: |
Barcelona: Carla Busquets, 2018 |
| Source: |
http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/BookArts/id/2126 |
| Collection: |
Herron Library Fine Press and Book Arts Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright |
| Subjects: |
Busquets, Carla, 1988- Kraken--In art. Sea monsters in art. Artists books--Spain--Barcelona--Specimens. Pop-up books--Specimens. Toy and movable books--Specimens. Artists books. Pop-up books. Toy and movable books. Artists books. Pop-up books. Toy and movable books. 8 ink drawings on wooden dowels |
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