The
Electric Michaelangelo
by
Sarah Hall
bound 2004
Tongue-in-slot/exposed cord structure bound in dark green goatskin with
red silk panels.
Cords wrapped in gold silk thread and torn red silk.
Goatskin embossed using a steel plate etched
with tattoo design which
was subsequently painted with acrylic and polished with beeswax.
Endapapers
and flyleaves made from etchings of skin, hand-coloured with watercolours
and
polished with beeswax. Edges painted using watercolour and additional
acrylic finger prints.
The book is contained in a Japanese style fold out box covered in painted,
twisted
and pleated, black cloth and lined with digital prints taken
from the skin etchings.
Phantasmagoria
bound
2007
A book regarding things that go bump in the night and all manner of other-worldly
beings.
Derived from the idea of the magic lantern shows of the nineteenth
century.
Digitally printed pages with hand-drawn and painted images and text.
Embroidered
satin-covered boards. Front board has glass panel made from
an old photo frame with additional
collaged and found materials. Pages
have hand-cut windows revealing layers of imagery.
Joe's
Dreams
bound
2008
A visual response to the recorded dreams of artist Joseph Cornell.
Painted
and collaged binding made with acrylic, watercolour, paper and found ephemera.
Digitally printed pages with hand drawn and painted text and image.
Joe's Dreams
(December
31, 1954 - detail)
A visual response to the recorded dreams of artist Joseph Cornell.
Painted
and collaged binding made with acrylic, watercolour, paper and found ephemera.
Digitally printed pages with hand drawn and painted text and image.
