Updated Website!

I've been very busy over the past few websites updating my website and adding lots of newer work !


So please have a look at www.katiemeadowphotography.com

Holden Gallery, Manchester Exhibition 'School of', June 2015.

Text using stamped letters

Experimentations. I'm working on something new..

Letterpress Experiments

Letterpress Experiments

Material samples and tests

Letterpress Open Day at Rufford Printing company

On Sunday the 25th October I visited Rufford Printing Company (at Cedar farm galleries) for their Letterpress open day.

It was really interesting to look around their workshop, and at the many different machines. Everyone was so helpful and friendly, explaining the purpose and function of each press in detail to me. I even had a go of my own on several of the presses, including an Arab treadle press and an Adana letterpress.

My finished result below, using four different machines to create the text and decoration on this piece of paper!

I'm very interesting in developing my printmaking skills within my practice, and this has been a great introduction to letterpress! 

London Graduate Exhibition: Hoxton Arches

25th - 28th June 2015
Hoxton Arches E2 8HD
Private view 25th June 6pm

Come along to Hoxton Arches Gallery, London to see our Manchester School of Art Graduate Show. I will also have artist books for sale.

http://www.hive2015.co.uk/katie-meadow

Artist Book shelves : Manchester School of Art Degree Show

Six books I created for the exhibition.

Exhibition : Manchester School of Art Photography Degree show

 My work will be exhibited in the Manchester School of Art Degree Show 13th-24th June.

Inspired by a set of mid 20th Century diaries bought at a car boot sale, I became the curator of an archive, an archive that existed only in my imagination.  

Words have become my medium, a way of espressing my intentions. memories have become clues to my investigation of old age and family relationships. 

http://degreeshow.mmu.ac.uk/2015/KatieMeadow

Stitched Book

... And an hour or so later the book is stitched!

Snapshots of Book in Progress

Spent the evening making a copy of my book "Family Connections, The Archive of Brenda Alice." The book is printed on eco friendly recycled paper, 120gsm. I'm at the stitching stage now but when finished the book will have a blue bookcloth hard cover, gold foil embossed with the title.

Holden Gallery, Manchester

Quick snapshot. Frames all ready to go for hanging tomorrow, at Holden Gallery, Manchester. 

Guardian's Students Express

Featured on the Guardians "Students Express"

Click Here to have a look!

New website !!

www.katiemeadowphotography.com

Planning for upcoming exhibition.

Concertina book : Piermaster's house

Another quick preview into the Piermaster's house. The book has a hardback cover, covered with a thin translucent handmade paper.

Concertina Book: The Piermaster's house

Concertina book , 18 pages, 2 x 2.5 inches

I've been busy lately, just making. The is book is titled the Piermaster's house and includes my own photographs alongside scanned extracts and illustrations from a World War Two recipe book.

Bookmaking Techniques

This stab bound book is made with a hard mount board cover and is only a few inches square.

Finished "Care Home" Book!

I've been working on this book for a while, changing the design and layout.  Now i have finally finalised the design. The book is Japanese stab bound and just over 3.5 inches square. 

Miniature Japanese Stab bound book

A look through the book.

A look through the book.

cutting, stitching, sticking.

Behind the scenes look of a book I've been working on. It will be very small , 3 inches x 3.5 inches and Japanese stab bound. 

These images are printed on thin cartridge papers. 

Typewriter

Typing text for my handmade books on this lovely pale blue Imperial Typewriter.

Stitching books

Images from 3 books I've been working on. I've been experimenting with stitching within my books. Japanese stab binding is something I'm really interested in at the moment (The middle book is 3 hole stab bound) and definitely want to develop further. 

Bookmaking

It's been a busy few weeks. These images are of a mock up for a concertina book I've been working on recently. The book is only about 3 inches high, and 2 inches wide. I love working with really small books. This book has five tiny one inch pockets inside containing folded found photographs and documents printed on thin and delicate papers. I like the interactivity within the book and the way it folds out from something so small and contained.  

It's not a finalised design yet. I want to do some more tests and experimentation with different papers, printing methods and cover options. 

Testing out ideas

Mini maze book.