A Cast of Charachters From 'The Chimes' By Charles Dickens

A CAST OF CHARACTERS FROM ‘THE CHIMES’ BY CHARLES DICKENS
Neal Layton

Product Description: One of several books created for the ‘Beyond Dickens’ exhibition, organized by the University of Portsmouth and curated by Ros Simms.
This book is A5, staple-bound with laser printed imagery. A variety of hand rendered type-forms adorn the front, surrounded by an elaborate border.
Layton says: “One of the things that interests me most about Dickens’ work is the characters he created; they are at once recognisable”. Each page contains a delightful illustration of one of the many characters within ‘The Chimes’. These simplistic line drawings are juxtaposed by more hand rendered type, elaborating upon who they area, alongside a brief summary. For example, “Margaret ‘Meg’ Veck – ‘Eyes that were beautiful and true, and beaming with hope’”.
As with many publications of this kind, the book is monochromatic. This feature accentuates the variety of lines and textures used, whether they be on the border or the text.
Publication Details: Southsea, 2012, A5, Stable bound, Laser printed imagery.

Edition 1 of 5.

Creating New Memories

CREATING NEW MEMORIES
University of Portsmouth Alumni 

Product Description: A 4 in x 4 in concertina book containing 16 panels. Each page has been printed in a shade of blue, with various elements altering color to emphasize a significant point. The narrative follows a man eating a burger, his chemical and thought-based reaction. Graphic imagery such as geometric forms and static, continuous lines accompany bold shapes and grid structures. The book is hard-back, covered in a dark blue book cloth, setting the tone of the book. This is subsequently contained within a blue bellyband, adorned with a framed icon of a brain. The borders of the bellyband contain the aforementioned geometric forms in various colors.
Publication Details: 16 paneled concertina book, covered in a dark blue book cloth, High gsm Fabriano paper, Inket printed imagery, Contained within a card bellyband (also Inkjet printed).

Edition 1 of 20.

Cupid's Mistake

CUPID’S MISTAKE

Product Description: A red boxed-case constructed with card, printed with a miniature cupid motif. The viewer pulls back the case, revealing two large squares of white plaster. Imbedded onto the front of the top square is a larger depiction of cupid, surrounded by various hearts. The two sections of plaster have been bound using a green string upon one side. The first interior page contains a cutout section, revealing the title “Cupid’s Mistake” on acetate below.
Subsequently, each page alternates between heavy-duty tracing paper and a thin cartridge. The tracing paper contains text, bordering the page. It follows a comically negative journey of romance. The cartridge paper frames various lino prints, visualizing each stage of the romantic journey.
Publication Details: A red card netted box, Two plaster molds’ encasing a mixture of tracing and cartridge paper, Inked type with Lino printed imagery.

Charlie's Cocaine

CHARLIE'S COCAINE
Christian Bennett

Product Description: The artist describes the book as the following:
"Mock medication box containing 5 drugs wraps and instructions for use.
Digitally printed box, instructions and wraps aim to educate the reader on the less glamorous side of cocaine use.
This artists book is a pastiche of typical over the counter drugs boxes and draws the reader to some of the commonly overlooked aspects of cocaine usage including heart problems, debt and addiction. When creating this book I wanted to engage the reader and get them to interact with each element. In order for the reader to fully engage with the book I tried to make each part look as genuine as possible by considering stock, size , colour and the overall haptics of the piece. "
Publication Details: Portsmouth, United Kingdom, pocket-sized card box containing folded newsprint sqaures - printed upon.

Cautionary Tales for a Modern Society

CAUTIONARY TALES FOR A MODERN SOCIETY
Mel Williams

Product description:  A hardback book, inject printed upon various multicolored papers. The illustrations are a combination of ink drawings and cut and paste, which have been scanned and reprinted onto the colored paper.
The book is a basic stab-stitch bind, glued into the black hard cover. The middle sheets fold out to revel an extended, 4 page sequence. The variation in the colored paper brings to the life the monochromatic illustrations. The key narrative of the text surrounds the concept of punishing those who are poorly mannered: “Have you ever wondered what happens to the bad mannered children?”.
Publication details: A Naughty Monkey Production, hand bound: stab-stitchd with a hardcover with fold-out exerts.

Caution Contains Materials of an Abrasive Nature

CAUTION CONTAINS MATERIALS OF AN ABRASIVE NATURE
David. G Kirby (Paperboy Press)

Product description:  This artist book is encased in sandpaper. The coarse nature of the exterior is accompanied by the book’s binding: hole punched, then subsequently bound with twisted nails and string. The title is stamped across the cover in a black and red serifed font.
The interior pages are printed upon a thin cartridge paper. A mixture of inkjet printing and cellulose thinner was used to produce the final result.
The narrative initially follows the exploration of limited computer software through the use of distorted typography and symbols before emerging into repeated geometric patterns and obscure imagery.
Publication details: 1997, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, hand bound: hole punched, sealed with nails and string.
Edition No. 4 of 5 (First Edition).

Cancer Prevention Alphabet, The

 

THE CANCER PREVENTION ALPHABET
David Booth

Publication information: 2009, Portsmouth, Desktop Printer
www.illustrationbooth.com

Cuttings

CUTTINGS
Sarah Bodman

Description: Ring bound artists' book: 24 pages on a mixture of colour card and laminate. Hard board covers. The book has a belly band is then wrapped in printed paper and enclosed in a box. Length 290mm, Width 210mm, Depth 20mm. A pair of scissors is also enclosed.
A pictorial narrative of quotes and passages from texts that are references to cutting, such as stabbing of flesh to the cutting of hair. It is a wonderful mix of text and colour images.
Publication information: 1995, Bristol, UK, Spiral bound, letterpress, Edition No. 6 of 10
www.zyarts.com/zybooks/sarah.html

Cutlery Semaphor

 

CUTLERY SEMAPHOR
Andrew Ward, alumni of the School of Art and Design

Description: Ring bound artists' book: Length 145 mm, Width 115mm. 15 pages on lightweight cream paper. Grey millboard covers with cellulose thinners print and printed label to seal.
This book is a humorous statement on etiquette. Usng hand drawn images and type to send messages through the positioning of cutlery on the plate. Images are shown only on the right side of the page.
Publication information: 1998, Brighton, UK, Spiral bound, Monochrome laser printer, cellulose thinners print, Edition No. 4 of 5

Crevice/Map

CREVICE/MAP
Susan Johanknecht

Description: Screen-printed, hand-colored, sewn into Kraft-backed mull cover with flymesh slipcase. 6 3/4 x 12 x 1/2 in, unfolds to 24 x 57 in
"Crevice/Map" uses imagery from ordinance survey maps and body organs to chart internal and external surfaces. The text describes a journey up Ben Nevis in Scotland along one side, and a journey over the body on the other. The sensuality and vulnerability of surfaces is evoked, as well as the movement of fluids beneath.
Publication information: Folded, Screen printed, hand-colored, Edition of 80
http://www.centerforbookarts.org/exhibits/archive/bio.asp?artistID=395

Correspondence

CORRESPONDENCE
Meir Agassi, Sarah Bodman, Stephen Hoskins

Description:
This consists of three books. Two are concertina heavy weight card pages: Length 180mm, Width 120mm, Depth 30mm. One is 14 pages and the other 10. The third is a stapled book of the same size with 23 pages and all are held together with belly bands of various colours.
The stapled book is a document of the collaboration of artists and their biographies. The book 'Correspondence with Alice' uses images and mirror images of chess boards to show a 'through the looking glass' chess game involving Alice and characters from the book. The third book shows the link of drawing between three artists from the archive and collections of The Meir Agassi Museum.
Publication information: 1996, Bristol, UK, Concertina and stapled, Screen printed, 80 printed

Circus Turns

CIRCUS TURNS
Ronald King

Description: Soft back artists' book: Length 195mm, Width 150mm, Depth 20mm. A 12 page stitched book with yellow wrap round card cover. Heavily embossed pages on handmade paper. Designed and drawn in wire and printed on J. Green RWS hand-made paper in a signed limited edition of 75 copies and on Khadi pure rag-made paper in an unlimited numbered edition.A series of 6 double-sided blind-embossed images , which, when folded and juxtaposed in sequence make eleven changing circus scenes. The effect of the circus characters embossed into the paper can only be fully appreciated when touched.

Publication information: 1994, London UK, Stitched, Embossing and letterpress, Edition No. 173
http://www.circlepress.com/

Consequential Coastline, A

A CONSEQUENTIAL COASTLINE
Martin Rieser, Chris hales, Kieth Jones, David Haste, Steve Hoskins, David Atkinson, Peter Murphy, Sheran Hemming, Paul Thirkell, Linda Littledyke, Richard Anderton, Iain Biggs, Paul Gough, Chris Hill, Kevin Petrie, Tamiko O'Brian, Ian McCullough, Jane Miller, John Brennan, David Sully, Lizzie Cox, Jeremy Diggle

Description: 40 feet long tabbed book with 21 pages. Length 200 mm, Width 525, Depth 10mm. This book is enclosed in a wooden box with sliding panels. It is printed on Zerkall pale cream 150 grams per metre2 mould - made paper. Twenty two artists have contrived an imaginary tract of coastline as both map and a "view". As each artist finished a stretch of coastline, a copy was made of the left or right hand edge and passed onto the next artist who was required to seamlessly join theirs to it.
Publication Information: 1996, Bristol UK, Tabbed, Screen printed, Edition 67

Collection (of plates), A

A Collection (of plates)
Philippa Wood

Description: Hardback artists' book: Length 150 mm, Width 125mm, Depth 10mm. The book is produced by colour photography and letterpress type. The images and type are printed onto cream paper with red end papers and bound into a book of sixteen pages. A hard back cover in red and white gingham fabric encloses the hand stitched book. The book is based around a collection of plates from the 1950's and 60's. Simple plate-related facts, figures and rules are used in conjunction with photographic imagery which is embellished with hand drawn imagery.

Publication Information: 2004, Lincoln UK, Hand, Colour inkjet and letterpress, Edition 4 of 8
http://www.the-case.co.uk/index.html