This question encouraging visitors to write their response on a large piece of paper is up on the wall of Patriot Hall, Stockbridge, Edinburgh during a charming exhibition of Artists' Books. Here are some of the answers:
Organized by the Artists' Book Group, a Scottish collective there are also workshops on how to make your own book are on offer over this weekend too. (See link below.)
__________Book laser cut by Lesley May Miller______________
Ranging from fold-ups to cut-ups, concertinas to creations more in common with origami than the book format as one usually knows it - I loved their at times fiddly inventiveness (being rather cack-handed with the Stanley knife myself, I'm jealous of their skill).
My favourite was a beautiful, subtle page of calligraphic writing on Chinese paper (above) by Susie Leiper - she's into all things Chinese, as you can see from her splendid outfit in the photo below -
- she speaks Chinese and has had an editorial career in books on Chinese art and archaeology, apart from being an award-winning calligrapher, studying under Donald Jackson. As a poet, I was delighted to discover a book of haiku, a collaboration between Lesley May Miller and Iain Matheson - they decided to send eachother a haiku and then respond in turn. The dates are, intriguingly, numerically significant.
With text or no, the books in this exhibition were all beautiful, fascinating objects in their own right.
For more info and more photos of all of the artists' work see: www.theartistbookgroup.org.uk
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