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For further information about any of the services offered by Book Works Studio, or if you require an estimate or advice, please contact Rob Hadrill.
Book Works 19 Holywell Row London EC2A 4JB United Kingdom
t: 44 (0)20 7247 2536 f: 44 (0)20 7247 2540
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Music Box by Joseph Kosuth and John Cale
Produced as an artists' multiple for Carl Solway Gallery, Ohio, in an edition of 10 copies. Size: 360 x 220mm.
A 144 note clockwork musical mechanism is contained inside the cut out pages of this false book, and can be wound from an access point on the back board. The book itself is bound in black calfskin with foil blocked text panels inlaid into the front cover and spine. To enhance the sound quality the musical mechanism is mounted onto a wooden sound box with metal fittings running through to studs on the back cover.
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L'Imaginaire by Sharon Kivland
Published by Book Works in an edition of 20. Size: 140 x 110mm.
The Studio produced this silk covered sliding case to contain a ladies' compact. When the compact is opened the word moi appears as a reflection on the mirrored surface. The case is lined in satin with dulled silver foil blocking on the outside.
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Itinerant Texts
Published by Book Works in an edition of 40. Size: 105 x 140mm.
This edition was designed to contain a series of 35mm slides by different artists. Each of the slides are housed in clear polyester pockets bound together to create a small book covered in blue neoprene. The book is contained inside a white cloth covered slipcase with the title foil blocked on the side.
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Ancient Proverbs by Ellis Nadler
Published by Singularity Press in an edition of 50 copies. Size: 290 x 220mm.
The entire book was produced at the Studio with the illustrators' linocuts hand printed on the Atlas Press. The book was printed on Velin Arches mouldmade paper and bound with hand-coloured printed paper sides and a cloth spine. The book came with a cloth covered slipcase.
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Terry Frost Frontispiece and List of Titles
Size: 460 x 430mm
This Frontispiece and List of Titles accompanied a boxed set of etchings produced for the artist. The Studio regularly produces letterpress printed pages of this sort, with the method of printing creating the distinctive impression on the surface of the paper.
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A Book of Numbers by Avis Newman
Size: 290 x 290mm
A cloth covered set of cases, folder and printed pages produced for the artist as part of an installation to be viewed with a 100 inch square graphite covered canvas. The sequence of printed pages were contained within this series of white cloth covered cases.
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Cast by Anya Gallaccio
Published by Multiple Store in an edition of 35. Size: 150 x 150mm
In this work the artist placed a single bronze acorn amongst a group of geniune dried acorns, the patination of the bronze acorn making it hardly discernible from the geniune ones. The box is covered with polished brown printed paper and is lined with green velvet. The title is foil blocked on the lid.
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Globexpander by Paul Lincoln
Artist's multiple in an edition of 24. Size: 305 x 120 x 100mm.
An elaborate cloth covered folding case designed to contain an intricate set of instruments and equipment that form a central role in the artist's ongoing work 'The World and its Inhabitants'. When operated the device inflates a balloon using the cylinders of laughing gas provided, this reveals the name of the character from the series.
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Poem by Jonathan Callan
Published by Multiple Store in an edition of 100 copies. Size: 400 x 250mm.
This multiple is designed to lie open at a page which has laser cut text. The artist then forced silicone through the cut letterforms creating clear extrusions on the surface of the page.
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