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

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

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. 

Handmade Concertina Book

Miniature, handmade, double sided concertina hardback book that I created for a recent project. The book contains photographs I've taken on an old Olympus trip 35 camera and, within tiny paper pockets, scans of  documents belonging to my Grandfather in the 1940s, that can be opened and folded out.