ARTIST BOOKS - SCRIPT FOLIOS

Description:
Box 48 x 65 x 21 cm, 2 concertina script folios both 8 pages, 37 x 25 cm, with laminated handmade paper mounted with clay, etched plates and printed images; works are stitched, collaged and backed with linen and housed in a box of Silver Ash timber made by the artist.

Script Folios explores methods of mark-making, printing, to mark by pressure.

The source of research for this work was David Diringer's The History of Writing. The research was undertaken so that the use of available materials and techniques empathised with the ancient or original script forms. The research acted as a passive participant.


Script Folios Adelaide, 1985
Description: Box 48 x 65 x 21 cm, 2 concertina script folios both 8 pages, 37 x 25 cm, with laminated handmade paper mounted with clay, etched plates and printed images; works are stitched, collaged and backed with linen and housed in a box of Silver Ash timber made by the artist. Script Folios explores methods of mark-making, printing, to mark by pressure. The source of research for this work was David Diringer's The History of Writing. The research was undertaken so that the use of available materials and techniques empathised with the ancient or original script forms. The research acted as a passive participant.