Bonefolder is out

The latest issue of Bonefolder is out. (I know I am a little late with the news but I only got to down load and read it this weekend)

For anyone interested in the book arts, artists books, book binding or the paper arts this online mag is well worth downloading as it is presented as a PDF file.

If you are not aware of this publication browse the back issues they are all of high quality and of interest.

 

Is this the future of books?

Have you ever thought about the future of books? This repurposed book made me stop and think a moment. The screenshot is taken from Kyle Bean’s site who describes herself as a illustrator, designer and maker of ‘things’. Pop over as there is some great stuff to see there.

 

Found magazine

Found magazine collects and displays online what they describe as “Found stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids’ homework, to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles - anything that gives a glimpse into someone else’s life.”

The site acts as a peek into peoples lives but you only ever have a fragment of the story reflected in these small pieces of ephemera.

The news section of the site is a blog and well worth dipping into.

 

The Art of Peter Callesen

British paper artist Peter Callesen creates intricate paper cutouts, which reveal a painstaking craftsmanship. The results of folding and cutting produce stark, dramatic 3D pieces that hint at narrative.

Callesen has an interest memory and its connection to childhood. He describes his work as a reinterpretation of classical fairytales and inspired by romanticism. Of his most recent work Callesen states that he is interested in relationship between two and three dimensionality and the tension between image and reality

The work exists in the gab between the recognizable everyday object and the fragile and spherical condition and material in which it appears. The whiteness, the ideal pure copy of something real as well as the vertical direction coherent in most of my paper works, could also indicate the aspect of something platonic or religious.

 

The Envelope Collective

The term mail art describes a variety of artwork that are sent or exchanged through the post. Mail artists typically exchange illustrated letters, decorated or illustrated envelopes, artist trading cards, postcards and ephemera. A key concept behind mail art is that it is a commerce-free exchange.

The Envelope Collective is a mail art project.

The Envelope Collective is an ongoing collaborative experiment in art that uses the transportation of mail as a medium. The website is an online gallery for those pieces that we receive.